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Cameroon10 Essential Films from CameroonStop 7 of 10

Our Daughter

Notre fille

1981

An aging village chief steeped in tradition clashes bitterly with the daughter he once sent to be educated in France, who returns with Western manners and ideas he cannot accept. A Cameroonian comedy-drama about the gulf between generations.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Cameroon

This film is stop 7 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Cameroon. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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