Le Prix de la Liberté

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After refusing the sexual advances of her village chief and her father’s authority, a young woman runs away from home and goes to town. There she meets several members of her family and tries to start her life from scratch. She enrolls at a high school and makes new friends.
However, she realizes that social relations in town also depend on sexual favors and that around her everyone has given in to that practice. When she loses the only man she loved, the girl returns to her village and in a fit of rage sets it on fire.

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Original Title
Le Prix de la Liberté
Title
Le Prix de la Liberté
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa
Country
Cameroon
Year
1978
Screenplay
Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa
Production
Cameroun Spectacles
Runtime
93 min.
Language
Französisch/d/f
Cast
Marie-Thérèse Badje, Bibi Kouo, Marthe Momha, Albert Mouangue, Madeleine Ndoum

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