Faro - la reine des eaux

Credits

Name: Faro - la reine des eaux

Country: Mali; Frankreich; Deutschland

Year of publication: 2006

Format: 35 mm

Color: color

Language : OF m. dt. UT

Duration: 97 Minuten

Direction: Traoré, Salif; Lorelle, Olivier

Screenplay: Traoré, Salif

Camera: Gauthier, Jean-Pierre

Editing: Budin, Laure

Sound: Roy, Jean-Sébastien

Actor: Kouyaté, Sotigui; Traoré, Fily; Mpambara Michel Diarra, Maimouna Hélène Diarra; Koné, Djénéba; Dembélé, Habib

Abstract

Zanga, a child born out of wedlock, is driven out of his village. After many years, he returns to find out who his father is. At the moment of his arrival, something happens that the villagers interpret as the river spirit Faro’s reaction to Zanga’s coming. The film uses this fateful moment in the history of a village to bring us closer to the changing rural regions of Africa: suddenly, oppressed people making demands and the local authorities are under pressure. Tradition has to find compromises with modernity so that life can go on.

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