Synopsis
Every morning before dawn, thousands of women working in Dakar's informal economy set out for work. LES COURAGEUSES closely follows several of them: a fruit seller, a tuna-sandwich vendor, a fish seller with her baby, a young woman selling bags of water and a banana seller braving the traffic.
Through their candid accounts and the gestures they repeat every day, the film reveals an unseen reality: women who, without social protection or recognition, carry an essential part of Senegal's economy. A tribute to Dakar's everyday heroines.
Style: handheld camera, natural light and complete immersion, with no staging.
- Producer
- Pascal Feixes — PL Production Découverte
- Director
- Macodou Samb
- Casting
- Fatou Kiné Diop Ndao, Willy Ménard
- Screenwriters
- Elhadji Gora Thiam, Pascal Feixes
- Head of operations
- Sidi Ndour
- Editor
- Ablaye
