Sex, Okra and Salted Butter

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Sex, Okra and Salted Butter
Directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Produced by Agat Films & Cie
Screenplay by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Marc Gautron, Isabelle Boni Claverie
Starring Marius Yelolo
Aîssa Maîga
Lorella Cravotta
Diouc Koma
Mata Gabin
Marie-Philmène Nga
Claudia Tagbo
Cinematography François Kuhnel
Edited by Marie-Hélène Dozo
Release dates
2008
Running time
81'
Country France

Sex, Okra and Salted Butter (Sexe, gombo et beurre salé) is a 2008 comedy drama film that was originally produced for television. The film focusses on a Malian family living in Bordeaux, France.

Synopsis

Hortense (Mata Gabin), a nurse of African origin in her forties, abandons her family to be with her lover, Jean-Paul – an oyster cultivator in the Arcachon Bay. Her husband, Malik (Marius Yelolo) remains in denial about his wife's departure as he is left to look after their children – two boys aged 12 and 6. While Malik dreams of returning home to Mali, the rest of his family (including his eldest son Dani (Diouc Koma), whose homosexual identity is suddenly revealed to Malik) embrace life in France. The unexpected arrival of the beautiful and mysterious Amina (Aîssa Maîga) further complicates the family situation, alongside a close relationship that develops between Malik and his lonely neighbour Mme Myriam (Lorella Cravotta).

The film was screened at the Film Africa festival in 2012[1] and is shown on UK television on The Africa Channel International (Sky 209 & Virgin Media 828).[2]

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