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Tilaï (Original title)Question d'honneur (Alternative title)The Law (Alternative title)A Question of Honour (Alternative title)
Dates: 1990 (Copyright), 22 February 1991 (Release)

Countries: Burkina Faso, France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Italy

Director: Idrissa Ouédraogo

Synopsis: The law of a village wins when a father takes a son's fiancée to make her his own second wife. When the son and girl run off to live together the son is branded guilty of incest, since the girl would have been his mother. Because of the law everybody in the family suffers.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 1990not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 81 mins Length: 7328 Feet

Credits (97)
Production Company: Les Films de l'Avenir, Production Company: Rhéa Productions, Production Company: Waka Films, With participation of: Government of Burkina Faso, With participation of: Ministère Français de la Coopération, With participation of: Ministère Français de la Culture, With participation of: BBC, With participation of: Centro Orientamento Educativo, With participation of: Film Cooperative, With participation of: Compagnie UTA, With participation of: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche (Bern), Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung, With financial support of: La Fondation GAN pour le cinéma, Executive Producer: Béatrice Korc, Producer: Idrissa Ouédraogo, Associate Producer: Silvia Voser, Production Team (Burkina Faso): Silvia Voser, Jeanine Yameogo, Production Team (France): Béatrice Korc, Production Team (France): Oury Milshtein, Production Team (France): Perrine Bauduin, Manuella Marques, Unit manager: Emmanuel K. Sanon, Unit manager: Éric Zaouali, Unit manager: Laurent Baude, Unit manager: Karim Sawadogo, Unit manager: Innocent Sawadogo, Unit manager: Mahamadi Sawadogo, Unit manager: Marcel Ouedraogo, Unit manager: Agathe Devaux Charbonnel, Eric Mounie, Administration: Nathalie Lampre, Other Collaborator: Amade Ganamé, Other Collaborator: Maliki Ganamé, Other Collaborator: Amidou Warma, Other Collaborator: Lassane Ouedraogo, Other Collaborator: Oumar Ouedraogo, Other Collaborator: Ali Ouedraogo, Other Collaborator: Alexis Ouedraogo, Other Collaborator: Marie Ouedraogo, Other Collaborator: Amade Selinga, Other Collaborator: Souleyman Selinga, Filiga Warma, Assistant Director: Angelo Pastore, Script Supervisor: Elsa Monseigny, Screenplay: Idrissa Ouédraogo, Director of Photography: Jean Monsigny, Director of Photography: Pierre Laurent Chénieux, Assistant Operator: Eric Monseigny, Gaffer: Patrick Mercado, Electrician: Kibili Dembawelle Diallo, Electrician: Marc Bruderer, Electrician: Grégoire Simporé, Electrician: Antoine Yougbaré, Key Grip: Jean-Claude Meyniel, Abel Naba, Grip: Issa Traoré, Grip: Kisito Toe, Grip: Amade Ganamé, Stills Photography: Eric Malcoste, Stills Photography: Christophe Ruckstuhl, Editor: Luc Barnier, [Assistant] Editor: Anne Manigand, [Assistant] Editor: Annie Marciniak, Mimi Dashefsky, Titles: Eurocitel, Music: Abdullah Ibrahim (dollar Brand), Musician (Bass): David Williams, Musician (Drums): Billy Higgins, Music Sound Recordist: Gilles Ravinet, Sound: Alix Comte, Sound: Dominique Hennequin, Assistant Sound Operator: Olivier Burgaud, Pierre Tucat, Re-recording: Vincent Arnardi, Sound Editor: Michel Klochendler, Sound Effects: Jérôme Lévy, Sound Effects: François Lepeuple, Caterer: Kadi Djibo, Caterer: Aoua Drabo, Caterer: Minaidi Diallo, Caterer: Bintou Drabo, Caterer: Adjaretou Maiga, Caterer: Setou Ouedraogo, Saly Barry, Driver: Yakouba Barro, Driver: Kayaba Bikienga, Driver: Amado Robert Kabre, Driver: Yaya Konate, Driver: Moussa Nana, Driver: Diassibo Nassouri, Driver: Rasmané Ouédraogo, Driver: Yakouba Ouedraogo, Driver: Pascal Sama, Driver: Leon Sawadogo, Pascal Zongo
Cast (23)
Rasmané Ouédraogo (Saga), Ina Cissé (Nogma), Roukietou Barry (Kuilga), Assane Ouedraogo (Kougri), Sibidou Sidibe (Poko), Moumouni Ouedraogo (Tenga), Mariam Barry (Bore), Seydou Ouedraogo (Nomenaba), Mariam Ouedraogo (Koudpoko), Daouda Porgo (Porgo), Kogre Warma (Maiga), Mamadou Ganamé (Ganame), Noufou Ouédraogo (little boy), Amade Ganamé, Issaka Porgo, Moumoni Selinga, Adama Sidibe, Boureima Warma, Fati Ouedraogo (villager), Salif Ouédraogo (pedlar), Azeta Porgo (Azeta), Madi Dermé (1st horseman), Amidou Ouedraogo (2nd horseman)