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Toula, or the Genie of the Water (1973)
Directed by Moustapha Alassane, Anna Soehring
Drama, Fantasy · 1h 16m
The gods have declared the drought of the country. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king requires the sacrifice of a young woman to put an end to their anger. A young man in love decides to go in search of water to save the girl from a tragic end, but when he returns with good news it's too late: the genie had his satisfaction and Toula has already disappeared in the holy swamp.
Cast
Solange Delanne
Sotigui Kouyaté
Damouré Zika
Crew
- Director
- Moustapha Alassane, Anna Soehring
- Screenplay
- Moustapha Alassane
- Writer
- Boubou Hama
- Director of Photography
- Moustapha Alassane, Bernd Rühe
- Original Music Composer
- Sotigui Kouyaté
- Editor
- Danièle Tessier
Details
- Original title
- Toula ou Le génie des eaux
- Release date
- 1973-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Niger, Germany
- Production
- RTF Banca del Niger