SAMBA TRAORÉ

Credits

Name: SAMBA TRAORÉ

Country: Burkina Faso/Südafrika/FR

Year of publication: 1993

Format: DCP

Language : OmeU OF m. dt. UT

Duration: 86 Minuten

Series: 22. Afrika Film Festival Köln

Direction: Ouedraogo, Idrissa

Abstract

During a robbery at a petrol station in town, one of the accomplices is shot dead. The other, SAMBA TRAORÉ, flees with the loot: a suitcase full of banknotes. After years away, he returns to his native village. Life has gone on as usual, and Saratou is as beautiful as he remembers her. Director Idrissa Ouedraogo paints a portrait of a man haunted by his past, trying to rebuild his life and start afresh. But past mistakes never stay buried for long. This feature film won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale in 1993.