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144 Ratings

TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE

Grand comme le Baobab

Directed by Jeremy Teicher
Senegal, 2013
Adventure, Drama
  • 8282 minutes

Synopsis

Coumba and her sister Debo are the first to leave their family’s remote African village to attend school in the bustling city. But when an accident suddenly threatens their family’s survival, their father decides to sell 11-year-old Debo into an arranged marriage.

Synopsis

Coumba and her sister Debo are the first to leave their family’s remote African village to attend school in the bustling city. But when an accident suddenly threatens their family’s survival, their father decides to sell 11-year-old Debo into an arranged marriage.