Love in a Time of War

Love in a Time of War

Country:Cameroon

Director:Osvalde Lewat-Hallade

Program:African Panorama

Year: 
2005

Duration: 
63

Summary:

Aziza and her husband were separated when the Congo-Kinshasa war broke out. Six years later, they reunited in Kinshasa. They are now rebuilding their family life with their four children.The souvenirs of the horrors suffered by other women in eastern Congo-Kinshasa during the war still hunt journalist Aziza. Despite her apparent happiness, she feels guilty. She wonders what happened to Feza, the little girl she used to care for. Feza aged twelve, is now a mother after several rapes. Aziza needs to know what happened to her. Aziza needs to see her again. She feels obliged to return in this part of the country where women have started denouncing the abuses suffered during the war.