Cinema
Asakasaka
Justin Limby Maharavo · 1973
Synopsis
In Madagascar in the early seventies, a teenage girl is made pregnant by a penniless student. Neither of them can take charge of the child on its way; with no marriage possible and no money, the girl finds herself alone before a decision that the law and the customs of her time make perilous.
Context
The film belongs to the small series of fiction films that followed, from 1973, Benoît Ramampy's short film awarded at Ouagadougou; Midi Madagasikara and Newsmada cite it among these first titles. It deals with a social issue, the pregnancy of a very young girl outside marriage, without turning it into a fable. Two years later, the revolutionary regime of 1975 upended the sector and made cinema a political instrument, which brought this vein to an end.
Who it is for
For those interested in the first Malagasy fictions, born around 1972 and 1973 around a state body devoted to educational film.
Prizes and reception
Cited by the Malagasy press among the films that followed immediately after the island's first award-winning short fiction film.
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