Yeelen
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| Directed by | Souleymane Cissé |
| Produced by | Souleymane Cissé |
| Written by | Souleymane Cissé |
| Starring | Issiaka Kane Aoua Sangare Niamanto Sanogo |
| Music by | Salif Keita Michel Portal |
| Cinematography | Jean-Noël Ferragut Jean-Michel Humeau |
| Release date(s) | May 1987 (premiere at Cannes) 14 April 1989 (USA, limited) |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Country | Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany |
| Language | Bambara |
Yeelen is a 1987 Malian film directed by Souleymane Cissé. It is filmed in the Bambara and Fula languages, and is based on a legend told by the Bambara people. Though the era is undefined, it is presumably set in the 13th century in the Mali Empire and is a heroic quest narrative featuring magic and precognition.
It stars Issiaka Kane as Niankoro, a young African man who possesses magical powers. Niamanto Sanogo plays Niankoro's father, who is tracking his son through the Bambara, Fulani and Dogon lands of West Africa using a magical wooden post to guide him. The title means "brightness".
Yeelen was met with wide critical success, and was awarded the Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was also nominated for the Golden Palm award for the same year.
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[edit] Cast
- Issiaka Kane - Niankoro, le fils
- Aoua Sangare - Attou, la jeune femme Peul
- Niamanto Sanogo - Soma le pere / Djigui the twin
- Balla Moussa Keita - Rouma Boll, le roi Peul
- Soumba Traore - Mah, la mere
- Ismaila Sarr - Bofing, l'oncle
- Youssouf Tenin Cissé - Le petit garcon d'Attou
- Koke Sangare - Le chef de Komo
[edit] Trivia
[edit] References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Yeelen". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/431/year/1987.html. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema". Empire. http://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=94.
See Wikipedia French article at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeelen for bibliographical references.
[edit] External links
- Yeelen at the Internet Movie Database
- Yeelen at AllRovi
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| Preceded by Thérèse |
Jury Prize, Cannes 1987 tied with Shinran: Path to Purity |
Succeeded by A Short Film About Killing |
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