This powerful social drama from director Fatou Cissé, daughter of legendary Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, explores the impact of forced marriage on young women in Mali. The film follows Tou, who is pressured to marry an older man after becoming pregnant, and Ami, who resists village pressure to wed in favor of her independence. Through these parallel stories, Furu examines the complex and often painful choices young women face when their futures are shaped by tradition rather than personal agency. The film confronts the enduring practice of forced marriage and its psychological consequences, offering a poignant and urgent reflection on gender, autonomy, and resistance within a patriarchal society.
Fatou Cissé attended the University of Caen to study psychology. She returned to cinema to help her father to manage UCECAO (Union of Creators and Entrepreneurs of Cinema and Audiovisual in West Africa). She is also production director of Films Cissé and co-manager. In 2003, she was appointed as Project Manager in the organization of the Bamako Cinegraphic Meetings and the Nyamina IFF. Due to the security situation in Mali, the activities had to be suspended. Regardin her father's production, she was Production Manager in : TELL ME WHO YOU ARE (2009), O.SEMBENE (2013) and OUR HOUSE (2015). Seeing the difficulties that her father has been going through since his beginnings until today, she directed A DAUGHTER'S TRIBUTE TO HER FATHER: SOULEYMANE CISSE (2022), a documentary retracing the life of Souleymane, which was screened at Cannes FF.
FATOU CISSÉ
