Ndeyssaan (English title: The Price of Forgiveness) is a 2001 French / Senegalese film.
The name of film
The word "Ndeyssaan" is an exclamation expressing love and surprise in Wolof language.[1][2]
Synopsis
For too long, a strange mist has covered a fishing village.[3] In this atmosphere, favorable to enhancing fear and superstitions, Yatma and Mbanick, two childhood friends, compete to seduce Maxoye. Mbanick, the son of a marabout, challenges the spirits and manages to make the mist disappear.[4] The entire village honors him; the inhabitants revive under the sun's warm rays. The fishermen return to the sea, the market recovers its colors. Maxoye and Mbanick make their relationship public. However, Yatma does not accept Mbanick's newfound popularity. A deadly fight ensues between them.[5]
^Wolof Glossary - Page: 4, The African Studies Center (ASC) at Boston University (Citation; "Ndeysaan: gosh, what a shame, “Awww” [interjection of pity or sympathy]")
