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- BFI identifier402792
- Date1992 (Copyright)
- Production countryFrance, Burkina Faso, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom
- Production companyFilms de la Plaine, Les Films de l'Avenir, Waka Films, Films A2, Ministère Français de la Culture, CNC - Centre national de la cinématographie, Ministère Français de la Coopération, Ministère de la Culture du Burkina Faso, The European Commission, Centro Orientamento Educativo, Canal+, Antenne 2, Metropolis, BBC
- SynopsisAfter being involved in a gas-station hold-up during which the attendant is shot and killed, Samba Traoré flees to his native village with a suitcase of money. He tells the other villagers he has earned the money but they remain suspicious. Samba meets and marries Saratou and spends money on building a large house for themselves as well as a bar for the village, which he intends to run, together with his childhood friend Salif. Things go quite well for him until Saratou falls ill in pregnancy and Samba is too frightened of running into the law to take her to the hospital in town. (Synopsis)
- Work historyIn Berlin Film Festival 1993.
- Genre
- CreditsDirector: Idrissa Ouédraogo
Production Company: Films de la Plaine
Production Company: Les Films de l'Avenir
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Title
Samba Traoré (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/4383-8DAE-527C-BCC1-E145-OCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Status pending
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- StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1962698
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1962699
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1962700
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1962701
view all - ArticlesEcrans d'Afrique n7 1994 - ArticleUNIR Cinema n155 December 1993 - Credits, ReviewCine & Media n3 1993 - Credits, ReviewEcrans d'Afrique n3 1993 - Article, Credits, ReviewFilm-Echo/Filmwoche n6 12 Feb 1993 - Credits, Reviewview all
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Work - 402792 - 1992 (Copyright)
France - Film - Fiction
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