A serene and tranquil exploration of genital mutilation and a conflict that threatens to tear a village a part. Always languidly paced and socially conscious, Moolaade is formally well-executed and well-structured. Nevertheless, the film eventually falls into an idealistic Hollywood-style ending that is upsetting for this viewer as it negates is use of powerful symbols and imagery. Still, I cannot truly judge this film as I lack the cultural lens, or at least enough cultural insight to fully comprehend the film. That is to say specifically that perhaps in the reality of the culture featured in the film, such great triumphs do occur and are not artificially constructed.