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Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
A fascinating dramatic film... produced sumptuously.
Sarraounia
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- Burkina Faso,
- Mauritania,
- France
- 1986
- · 120m
Director
Med Hondo
Cast
Aï Keïta,
Jean-Roger Milo,
Féodor Atkine,
Didier Sauvegrain,
Roger Miremont,
Luc-Antoine Diquéro
Genre
Drama,
History,
War
A French battalion led by two captains attacks the Sultan Rabah in 1899 Cameroon, razing a path of destruction and bloodshed. The French send troops to stop them, but the rogue soldiers kill them too. When word reaches the queen of the Aznas, Sarraounia, a skilled commander and witch, she begins a resistance.
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