Mossane

{{Infobox film

| name = Mossane

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| director = Safi Faye

| producer =

| writer = Safi Faye

| starring = Magou Seck

| music = Yandé Codou Sène

| cinematography = Jürgen Jürges

| editing = Andrée Davanture

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| released = {{film date|df=yes|1996|5}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = Senegal

| language = Wolof

}}

Mossane is a 1996 Senegalese drama film directed by Safi Faye. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4721/year/1996.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Mossane |accessdate=20 September 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}} Unlike some of Faye's earlier films which use a documentary style, Mossane is purely fictional.{{Citation

| last = Ellerson

| first = Beti

| author-link =

| title = Safi Faye's Gaze: The Evolution of an African Woman's Cinema

| newspaper = Reference Guide to African Women in Cinema

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| url = http://www.africanwomenincinema.org/AFWC/Safi_Faye_Gaze.html

| accessdate =19 December 2009

}}

Plot

Mossane (Magou Seck) is a beautiful 14-year-old girl from a rural Serer village, beloved by many including her own brother and Fara, a poor university student. Although she has long been promised in marriage to the wealthy Diogaye, Mossane defies her parents' wishes and falls in love with Fara. On her wedding day, she refuses to marry Diogaye and tragedy ensues.{{Cite web

| last = Brennan

| first = Sandra

| title = Mossane > Overview

| publisher = Allmovie

| date =

| url = http://www.allmovie.com/work/mossane-136308

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| doi =

| accessdate = 19 December 2009}}

{{Cite book

| last = Thackway

| first = Melissa