A Tooth for a Tooth
2023, French. Directed by Ottis Ba Mamadou.
Idrissa lives in the suburbs of Dakar, Senegal. As a result of budgetary restrictions imposed by the IMF, then headed by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, he lost his job as a civil servant. Since then, Idrissa has been looking for work, without success. His pride as an African man is all the more affected by the fact that he is now entirely dependent on his wife, Viviane, who somehow manages to support the family through her medical practice. Aminata (Idrissa and Viviane’s daughter) and Moussa, two young students in love with each other, also see their lives disrupted by the economic situation imposed on the country. After yet another humiliation, Idrissa, who holds Strauss-Kahn responsible for his misfortune, decides to go and see a marabout to prepare his revenge…
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- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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- Released
- 26 February 2023
- Original title
- Dent pour Dent
- Country
- Senegal
- Written by
- Ottis Ba Mamadou
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A Tooth for a Tooth runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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A Tooth for a Tooth isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 February 2023. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Tooth for a Tooth?
A Tooth for a Tooth (2023) was directed by Ottis Ba Mamadou and stars Charles Auguste Koutou, Oumy Ndeye Mbaye, Jean Pierre Correa.