The Heart of Madame Sabali

The Heart of Madame Sabali (French: Le Coeur de Madame Sabali) is a 2015 tragicomic feature film by Canadian director Ryan McKenna. It stars Marie Brassard, Amadou & Mariam, Youssef Camara and Paul Ahmarani.

The film won the Focus Grand Prize for Canadian/Québec Film at the 2015 Festival de nouveau Cinéma.[1]

Plot

Jeannette (Brassard) is a white Québécois woman with a severe heart condition living in a suburb of Montréal. After undergoing transplant surgery where she receives the heart of a Malian woman named Madame Sabali, she begins to experience flashbacks of her donor's brutal murder. Soon thereafter, Jeannette becomes friends with Madame Sabali's son Chibale (Camara), who believes she is the reincarnation of his mother.[2]

References
  1. "Archives du Festival du nouveau cinéma". Festival du nouveau cinéma (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  2. "Le coeur de madame Sabali". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-18.
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