Daresalam

Name: Daresalam
Genre: Drama, War

France, Burkina Faso, Chad · 2001
1h 40m
Director Issa Serge Coelo
Starring Haikal Zakaria, Abdoulaye Ahmat, Gérard Essomba, Sidiki Bakaba
Genre Drama, War

Growing up under a harsh post-colonial government, Djimi and Koni have been friends since boyhood. When Koni attacks an official, the resulting massacre forces them on a journey from boys to revolutionaries. While Koni embraces the guerilla life, Djimi yearns for the village life they left behind, and this divergence threatens to come between them.

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Variety by Derek Elley

Chad-born director Issa Serge Coelo makes a more than respectable feature debut with “Daresalam,” a tale of friendship fractured by politics in the fictitious North African country of the title.