Safi, the Little Mother

When her mother died giving birth, Safi, eight years old, was found with newborn on the arms, fleeing her village where, according to the tradition, the baby must be sacrificed in order to be joined together to his mother and to thus draw aside the bad fate of the village. Having taken refuge in the large city, Safi is found with a double problem of survival, for both herself and her brother. —African Film Festival