On the outskirts of Chadian capital N’Djamena, single mother and practicing Muslim Amina (Ac Souleymane) finds out that her teenage daughter Maria is pregnant. Maria wants an abortion, but in a country where it is legally and morally condemned, Amina is in a difficult position. To honour the Lingui – the sacred bonds that bind humanity, an idea integral to Chadian culture – should she urge her daughter to have her baby in line with the tenets of her faith, or practice mother-daughter solidarity and support her right to choose?
Celebrated Chadian auteur Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s (Abouna) vital new drama explores the bonds of loyalty between a mother and daughter and the quietly heroic individualism of ordinary people’s lives.