The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun (1999)
"La petite vendeuse de soleil" (original title)

Director:

Djibril Diop Mambéty

Writer:

Djibril Diop Mambéty

Stars:

Lissa Balera, Aminata Fall, Tayerou M'Baye

8 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Lissa Balera	...	Sili
Aminata Fall
Tayerou M'Baye

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

hope | crutches | entrepreneur | smoking | physical handicap

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Genres:

Short | Drama | Family

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Details

Official Sites:

California Newsreel

Country:

Senegal France Switzerland Germany

Language:

French Wolof

Release Date:

6 October 1999 (France)

Also Known As:

The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun

Company Credits

Production Co:

Maag Daan, Waka Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Le franc (1994)

User Reviews

Altruism?

Great movie, hard for me to watch as a pampered American.

Sili seems to live the impossible - she makes her money then seems to pass out that money to not only her Grandmother, but everyone nearby. There is no way to tell if these people are family or simply neighbors.

I have some health problems. When Sili is knocked over by the boys, and one of her crutches falls in the water, the camera pans to Sili's electric smile. She is smiling at the thought of her friend jumping in the water to get her crutch, not thinking about the evil boys that just tried to harm her.

It is a smile that I want to cultivate for myself. The smile was insane in its origin, it came from inside the girl, not from her circumstance. I want to be that kind of insane. I want to smile on my worst days like I don't have a care in the world.