Movie-Database: Movies
Bamako
Credits
Name: Bamako
Country: Mali; Frankreich
Year of publication: 2006
Format: DVD
Color: color
Language : OF m. dt. UT
Duration: 115 Minuten
Direction: Sissako, Abderrahmane
Screenplay: Sissako, Abderrahmane
Camera: Besse, Jacques
Editing: Ben Rachid, Nadia
Sound: Winding, Christophe
Actor: Maiga, Aîssa; Mahalmadane, Haméye; Bourdon, William; Traoré, Tiécoura; Diarra, Hélène; Dembélé, Habib
Abstract
The beautiful woman Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work. The couple that lives in Bamako, the capital of Mali, is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house, where they live together with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF, whom they blame for Africa`s woes... Amidst the pleas and the testimonies, life goes on in the courtyard. Chaka does not seem to be concerned by this novel Africa`s desire to fight for its rights.