Rosine Mbakam: Les prières de Delphine - Delphine's Prayers

Rosine Mbakam

Les prières de Delphine | Delphine's Prayers

Cameroon
Documentary - 91 min - 2021

Description:
This film is the portrait of Delphine, a young Cameroonian girl who, after the death of her mother and the abandonment of her father’s parental responsibilities, was raped at the age of 13. She sinks into prostitution to support herself and her daughter. She ends up marrying a Belgian man who is three times her age, hoping to find a better life in Europe for her and her daughter. Seven years later, the European dream has faded and her situation has only gotten worse.

This film is the portrait of Delphine, a young Cameroonian girl. Like others, she belongs to the generation of young African women crushed by our patriarchal societies and abandoned to Western sexual colonization as her only means of survival. Through her courage and strength, she exposes these patterns of domination that continue to lock up African women.

Le portrait de Delphine, une jeune camerounaise qui après la mort de sa mère et la démission de son père de ses responsabilités parentales, subit un viol à l’âge de 13 ans. Elle sombre dans la prostitution pour subvenir à ses besoins et celui de sa fille. Elle épouse un belge qui a trois fois son âge en espérant trouver une meilleure vie en Europe pour elle et sa fille…