The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun
aka La Petite vendeuse de soleil
First screened in March 2005 / Screened most recently in March 2025

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Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty. Cast: Lissa Baléra, Taïrou M'Baye, Onmon Samb, Moussa Baldé, Aminata Fall. Screenplay: Djibril Diop Mambéty.

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Photo © 1999 Waka Films / Maag Daan, © 2000 California Newsreel

In Brief: Crafty, disarmingly sweet Dakar-set miniature about one of movies' most resilient young heroines.

VOR: ⑤  Bright film centered around a disabled girl that avoids sentiment and cliché. Meanwhile, Mambéty exposes several faces of Senegal's capital.

Grade: A–

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