Yeelen (1987)
Suivant la tradition bambara, un jeune homme s'apprete a recevoir le savoir destine a lui assurer la maitrise des forces qui l'entourent. Cependant le pere du jeune Nianankoro voit d'un mauvais oeil son fils devenir son egal aussi sa mere eloigne le jeune homme. Au cour de ce voyage initiatique, Nianankoro va apprendre a tester ses forces et ses pouvoirs qu'il devra inevitablement confronter a ceux de son pere. Prix du jury, Cannes 1987.
Directeur: Souleymane Cissé
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Issiaka Kane as Niankoro, the Son |
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Balla Moussa Keita as Rouma Boll, the Fulani King |
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Aoua Sangare as Attou, the Young Fulani Woman |
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Ismaila Sarr as Bofing, the Uncle |
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Niamanto Sanogo as Soma / Djigui |
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Soumba Traore as Mah, the Mother |
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Koke Sangare as The Chief of Komo |
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Youssouf Tenin Cissé as Attou's Little Boy |
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Sidi Diallo as |
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Bremira Dumbla as |
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Seyba M'Baye as |
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Djemori Traoré as |
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Youssouf Coulibaly as |
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Sibiri Kone as |
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Toumani Soumaoro as |
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Dounanke Traoré as |
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Zan Doumbla as |
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Manzon Coumare as |
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Souleymane Coumare as |
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Tienon Fone as |
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Sekou Konote as |
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Nadje Doumbla as |
| Directing | Souleymane Cissé | Director |
| Writing | Souleymane Cissé | Writer |
| Production | Souleymane Cissé | Producer |
| Camera | Jean-Noël Ferragut | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jean-Michel Humeau | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Dounamba Coulibaly | Editor |
| Editing | Seipati N'Xumalo | Editor |
| Editing | Marie-Catherine Miqueau | Editor |
| Editing | Seipati Keita | Editor |
| Editing | Andrée Davanture | Editor |
| Editing | Jenny Frenck | Editor |
| Editing | Nathalie Goepfert | Editor |
| Art | Kossa Mody Keita | Production Design |
| Directing | Sékou Ouedraogo | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Fanta Traore | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Pascal Sautelet | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bernard Tiphaine | First Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Frédéric Duru | Special Effects |
| Crew | Nikos Meletopoulos | Special Effects |
| Sound | Daniel Ollivier | Sound |
| Sound | Michel Meller | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kossa Mody Keita | Costume Design |
| Directing | Seydou Diallo | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Michel Portal | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Salif Keita | Original Music Composer |