Summary
The movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief Guimba, and his son Jangine in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 74GoodWatch 70
Audience score83%
IMDb6.5
Running time
1 h 33 min
Shorter than most dramas, −16 min on the typical 109
typical 10993Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1996
May 24, 1996
30 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyLanguage
French
Original language
Also spoken
BambaraMade in
Mali
Germany
Burkina Faso
Directing · 1
- Cheick Oumar Sissoko Director, Writer
Production · 2
- Sophie Salbot Executive Producer
- Idrissa Ouedraogo Producer
Camera · 1
- Lionel Cousin Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Kahéna Attia Editor
- Joëlle Dufour Editor
Sound · 4
- Michel Risse Original Music Composer
- Pierre Sauvageot Original Music Composer
- Martin Boissau Sound
- Joël Rangon Sound
Art · 2
- Boubacar Doumbia Production Design
- Baba Keita Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Kandjoura Coulbaly Costume Design
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