Les Prières de Delphine

Delphine’s so far relatively short life has been so turbulent and dramatic that even trying to recount it is painful for the young woman of Cameroonian origin now living in Belgium. That is one of the reasons for the minimalist documentary not to use any illustrative shots and to centre all its attention on the main character. Repudiated by her own family and forced into prostitution by the circumstances, the protagonist saw emigration as the solution; even in Europe, however, she – like many other African women of her generation – remains trapped in the consequences of what is called the “Western sexual colonisation”. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)