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Afrodita, el Jardin de Los Perfumes
Afrodita, el Jardin de Los Perfumes is a 1998 Argentine - Mali drama film directed and written by Argentine director Pablo Cesar.
The film based on the Ancient Greek god Aphrodite is an independent film production filmed in Mali. All of the actors are from Mali and only ever appeared in this film. The film was produced by an Argentine production team.
Cast
Issa Coulibaly
Alejandro Da Silva
Karamoko Sinayoko
Hama Maiga
Guibi Ouedraogo
Sacko Kante
Fatoumata Coulibaly
Fatoumata Yerle
Rokia Daiwara
Yiriba Coulibaly
Overview
Based on the vision of Hesiod, in the classic Teogonia, the film begins in the city of Citrea when Cronos, the younger son of Uranus, cuts off the genitals of his father and it throws them into the sea. All the Gods will hope that, of the union of the genitals of Uranus and the foam of waters, Aphrodite is born. On the following day the Zephyrs find a young adolescent naked and sleeping in the borders of the sea. With no doubt, they determine that it is Aphrodite. They take the boy to Citrea where his staus is judged. There he becomes a conflicting personage of ambiguous sexuality.
Release
The film premiered on 15 October 1998 in Buenos Aires. It was an independent film production and most of the actors only ever appeared in this film.
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