75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
The story is straightforward, the visual style is glorious, and there is boundless energy and optimism in this fable of a tyrant overthrown.
Guimba the Tyrant (Guimba, un tyran une époque)
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- Mali,
- Burkina Faso,
- Germany
- 1996
- · 93m
Director
Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Cast
Fatoumata Coulibaly,
Balla Habib Dembélé,
Lamine Diallo,
Maimouna Hélène Diarra,
Balla Moussa Keita
Genre
Comedy,
Drama
Guimba is the tyrannical chief of a fictional village, and his son Janguine has been betrothed to Kani, from the powerful Diarra family. But Janguine wants Kani's mother, Meya, so Guimba offers to marry Kani, asking Kani's father for a divorce so that Janguine can marry Meya. When he is refused, protests and killings erupt.
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