The Price of Liberty (1978)

Director
Jean-Pierre Dikongue-Pipa

Main cast
Marie-Thérèse Badje; Bibi Kouo; Marthe Momha; Albert Mouangue; Madeleine Ndoum

Genres
Thriller

Description
After refusing the sexual advances of her village chief and her father's authority, a young woman runs away from home and goes to town. There she meets several members of her family and tries to start her life from scratch. She enrolls at a high school and makes new friends. However, she realizes that social relations in town also depend on sexual favors and that around her everyone has given in to that practice. When she loses the only man she loved, the girl returns to her village and in a fit of rage sets it on fire.


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