75
New York Post by V.A. Musetto
Lacks visual flair. But Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast, and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie, no matter who runs them.
Sia, the Myth of the Python (Sia, le rêve du python)
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- France,
- Burkina Faso
- 2001
- · 96m
Director
Dani Kouyaté
Cast
Fatoumata Diawara,
Sotigui Kouyaté,
Balla Habib Dembélé,
Hamadoun Kassogué,
Ibrahim Baba Cissé
Genre
Drama
Based on a seventh-century myth from the Western African Wagadu people, this film tells the story of Sia, a girl set to be sacrificed to the Python God on the order of her village's tyrannical king. When she escapes, her society is thrown into chaos.
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What are critics saying?
70
The New York Times by Dave Kehr
In trying to reproduce the griot's tone, Mr. Kouyaté rejects psychological nuance and dramatic shading: this is a tale that advances quickly and boldly, peopled by deliberately one-dimensional characters.
70
Village Voice
Sia becomes a bloodbath of Shakespearean proportions as even the good guys kill one another in an effort to preserve illusions.
70
Village Voice by Elizabeth Zimmer
Sia becomes a bloodbath of Shakespearean proportions as even the good guys kill one another in an effort to preserve illusions.
60
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you.
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