Movie Details
Original Language:English
Foundation
Stranger Things
IT: Welcome to Derry
Stranger Things
Greenland 2: Migration
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Ballad of a Small Player
TRON: Ares
Stranger Things
Lilo & Stitch
Song Sung Blue
Wicked: For Good
Michael
Madame l'eau
Audience Score
1 hr 42 min
"Their land drought-stricken, three Nigerien farmers (and their donkey) travel to Holland to investigate the possibility of importing windmill technology for use on the plains of Niger. A follow-up to JAGUAR, PETIT À PETIT, and COCORICO MONSIEUR POULET! – undertaken with his longtime filmmaking partners Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahima Dia, and Tallou Mouzourane – Rouch’s feature is a surreal tale of mythic proportions, full of antic humor and poetic digressions. But beyond the laughs and reveries, MADAME L’EAU is also a poignant commentary on the ‘poisoned gifts’ brought to West Africa by development projects. As Faye Ginsburg once remarked, this is a film about what the world would look like “if Jean Rouch was the president of the World Bank.”" - Anthology Film Archives
DirectorJean Rouch
