Hawa is a French drama film, directed by Maïmouna Doucouré and released in 2022.[1] The film centres on the coming-of-age of Hawa (Sania Halifa), a teenage girl in France who is living with her grandmother (Oumou Sangaré) but fears that the authorities will take her away when her grandmother falls ill, and decides to attempt to get herself adopted by former first lady Michelle Obama.
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Directed by | Maïmouna Doucouré |
Written by | Maïmouna Doucouré Alain-Michel Blanc Zangro David Elkaim |
Produced by | Zangro |
Starring | Sania Halifa Oumou Sangaré Yseult Kamrul Hossain |
Cinematography | Antoine Sanier |
Edited by | Nicolas Desmaison |
Music by | Erwann Chandon Niko Noki |
Production company | Bien Ou Bien Productions |
Distributed by | Amazon Studios |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | France |
Languages | French Bambara |
Doucouré has described the film as being about the desire to transcend one's social class.[1]
The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2022,[2] prior to its commercial distribution as an Amazon Prime Video original film.[1]
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