Dent pour dent

12A TBC

Idrissa lives in the suburbs of Dakar, Senegal. He lost his job as a civil servant as a result of budget cuts ordered by the IMF. The day his redundancy money runs out, he is forced to live off his wife Viviane. He then searches by all means for a way to regain his pride as a man that he thinks he has lost...

For his first feature film, Optiss Da Mamadou offers an award winning comedy drama underpinned by contemporary and everyday economics in Senegal.

*Best Narrative Feature - Djarfogo 2024*

*Best Narrative Feature - London PAFF 2024*

*Prix du meilleur long-métrage de fiction - FEMI 2024*

This screening will be followed by a casual discussion with Médecins Sans Frontières and Rohie N'Dow from the Leeds Senegalese Community.