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Tilaï (VOSTF)
Location
Main screening room
Date
May 7th, 2022
Duration
81 min
Cycle
Noir.e.s à la caméra

The recurrent cycle Noir.e.s à la caméra allows us to discover works directed or produced by African or Afrodescendant filmmakers throughout the history of cinema.

Tilaï
Directed by
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Language
French subtitles
Actors
Rasmane Ouedraogo, Cisse Ina, Barry Roukietou
Origins
Burkina Faso
Year
1990
Duration
81 min
Genre
Drama
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Saga returns to her village after two years of absence. Many things have changed. His fiancée Nogma has become his father's second wife. But Saga and Nogma still love each other. Breaking the laws, the two have an affair. For the village, this is incest and Saga must die...

Tilaï

Idrissa Ouedraogo

Idrissa Ouedraogo (1954 – 2018) was a Burkinabé filmmaker. His work often explored the conflict between rural and city life and tradition and modernity in his native Burkina Faso and elsewhere in Africa. He is best known for his feature film Tilaï, which won the Grand Prix at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and Samba Traoré (1993), which was nominated for the Silver Bear award at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Wikipedia

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