Delwende is a 2005 Burkinabé drama film directed by S. Pierre Yameogo about a mother and daughter resisting to succumb to a local sexist tradition.
It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prize of Hope award.
[1] After a young boy dies of meningitis, Napoko Diarrha (Yaméogo) is accused of eating his soul because of a local sexist tradition.
[2] While this happens, her husband feels disgraced that Diarrha resists the idea of marrying off their daughter, so he exacts his revenge by spreading a dangerous rumor that would probably get her killed.
[2] After successfully leaving her village, Diarrha's age causes her health to decline, while her daughter grows up.