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Yeelen (1987)
Directed by Souleymane Cissé
Drama, Fantasy · 1h 45m
A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.
Cast
I
Issiaka Kane
Niankoro, the Son
B
Balla Moussa Keita
Rouma Boll, the Fulani King
A
Aoua Sangare
Attou, the Young Fulani Woman
I
Ismaila Sarr
Bofing, the Uncle
N
Niamanto Sanogo
Soma / Djigui
S
Soumba Traore
Mah, the Mother
K
Koke Sangare
The Chief of Komo
Y
Youssouf Tenin Cissé
Attou's Little Boy
S
Sidi Diallo
B
Bremira Dumbla
S
Seyba M'Baye
D
Djemori Traoré
Crew
- Director
- Souleymane Cissé
- Writer
- Souleymane Cissé
- Director of Photography
- Jean-Noël Ferragut, Jean-Michel Humeau
- Original Music Composer
- Salif Keita, Michel Portal
- Editor
- Seipati N'Xumalo, Jenny Frenck, Dounamba Coulibaly, Marie-Catherine Miqueau, Seipati Keita, Nathalie Goepfert, Andrée Davanture
- Producer
- Souleymane Cissé
Details
- Release date
- 1987-07-01
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
- Original language
- BM
- Spoken languages
- Bambara, Fulah
- Countries
- Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Japan, Mali
- Production
- Les Films du Carrosse, Atriascop Paris, Burkina Faso Ministry of Life and Culture, French Ministry of Cooperation and Development, Les Films Cissé, Mali Government, Midas, UTA, CNC, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministère de la Culture, WDR