Plot Summary
In FAAT KINE, Ousmane Sembene, the unquestioned father of African cinema, calls his fellow Africans to a reckoning of the post-independence era at the beginning of a new century. At 77, he sums up 40 years of path-breaking filmmaking with a penetrating analysis of the interplay of gender, economics and power in today's Africa. Sembene accomplishes all this through the deceptively light domestic drama of FAAT KINE, a gas station operator born, significantly, the same year as Senegalese independence, 1960.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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75%- Reviews Counted: 8
- Fresh: 6
- Rotten: 2
- Average Rating: 7.4/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Mr. Sembene hasn't missed a step, and we're lucky to have him back on his path.
Fresh: It is nothing less than a witty, sophisticated comedy of manners, African style.
Fresh: A marvelous film, offering the psychological insight of Rohmer into its familial story, while contextualising it with a wise, vibrant African optimism all Sembene's own.
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