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 |
| Editing | Seipati N'Xumalo | Editor |
| Sound | Daniel Ollivier | Sound |
| Editing | Jenny Frenck | Editor |
| Directing | Sékou Ouedraogo | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Dounamba Coulibaly | Editor |
| Editing | Marie-Catherine Miqueau | Editor |
| Sound | Michel Meller | Sound |
| Camera | Jean-Noël Ferragut | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Fanta Traore | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Seipati Keita | Editor |
| Crew | Frédéric Duru | Special Effects |
| Editing | Nathalie Goepfert | Editor |
| Camera | Pascal Sautelet | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bernard Tiphaine | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jean-Michel Humeau | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Nikos Meletopoulos | Special Effects |
| Production | Souleymane Cissé | Producer |
| Editing | Andrée Davanture | Editor |
| Art | Kossa Mody Keita | Production Design |
| Directing | Seydou Diallo | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kossa Mody Keita | Costume Design |
| Sound | Salif Keita | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Michel Portal | Original Music Composer |