L'Exilé

by Oumarou Ganda, Niger, 1980
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Based on a traditional African tale.
A king has the habit of listening to the wishes of his people whilst walking in disguise on the streets of his kingdom. One day he overhears two brothers daydreaming of marrying the king’s daughters, even if it meant being beheaded one year later. The weddings take place and one of the brothers is decapitated one year later. The other one escapes at his wife’s insistence. On a long journey full of surprising incidents our hero becomes king of a village, with wives and subjects. But his earlier promise haunts him, and in order to save his family he accepts to be sacrificed.

Festivals & awards

Fespaco 1981
Festival des 3 Continents

Credits

Original TitleL'Exilé
TitleL'Exilé
Directed byOumarou Ganda
CountryNiger
Year1980
ScreenplayOumarou Ganda
Film Editing
Soundtrack
Cinematography
Sound
Costumes
Production Design
ProductionCabas-Films
FormatsDVD
Runtime78 min.
LanguageFranzösisch, Djerma
CastOumarou Ganda, Zalika Souley, Damouré Zika

Credits

Original TitleL'Exilé
TitleL'Exilé
Directed byOumarou Ganda
CountryNiger
Year1980
ScreenplayOumarou Ganda
Film Editing
Soundtrack
Cinematography
Sound
Costumes
Production Design
ProductionCabas-Films
FormatsDVD
Runtime78 min.
LanguageFranzösisch, Djerma
CastOumarou Ganda, Zalika Souley, Damouré Zika

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