| Lingui, The Sacred Bonds | |
| Director: | Mahamat Saleh Haroun |
| Producer: | Florence Stern |
| Starring: | Achouackh Abakar Souleymane Rihane Khalil Alio |
| Music: | Wasis Diop |
| Cinematography: | Mathieu Giombini |
| Editing: | Marie-Hélène Dozo |
| Runtime: | 87 minutes |
| Country: | France Chad Germany Belgium |
| Language: | French Chadian Arabic |
| Gross: | $37,393[1] |
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds (French: Lingui, les liens sacrés)[2] is a 2021 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun.[3] In June 2021, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.[4] [5] It was selected as the Chadian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[6] It also won IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the 52nd International Film Festival of India
On the outskirts of N'Djamena in Chad, Amina lives alone with her only 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her already fragile world collapses the day she discovers that her daughter is pregnant. The teenager does not want this pregnancy. In a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law, Amina finds herself facing a battle that seems lost in advance.
Following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the film's distribution rights for the US, UK, Turkey, Latin America and Ireland were acquired by MUBI.[7]