THE WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE

A film by Timité BASSORI

1969 / Ivory Coast / 80’ / Noir & blanc / status : completed

A young, unnamed Ivorian intellectual returns home after a lengthy spell in Europe. Failing to reconcile his new-found modernist views with his African traditions, the man becomes haunted by the specter of a knife-brandishing woman threatening to shatter any potential relationships with other women.

The films are restored in 4K by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata from sources around the world.