Film

Samba Traoré

Histoire(s) du Cinéma – Heritage Online

France, Burkina Faso, Switzerland · 1992 · DCP 4K · Color · 85' · o.v. Mooré

The restoration was conducted for Locarno Heritage Online by Cinegrell Postproduction GmbH in Zurichby Nicole T. Allemann (Project Coordination and Colour Grading), Ursula Deiss (Digital Restoration), Peter Matthies (Film preparation and Scanning) and Daniel Nestler (Sound Restoration)

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A co-production between Burkina Faso, France, and Switzerland, Ouédraogo’s masterpiece, about a man who returns to his village with a suitcase of cash after a botched robbery only to find himself consumed by his guilty conscience, has never before been presented in high definition, making this 4K restoration by Cinegrell and Locarno an essential act of preservation for the heritage of African film.

Information

Director

Idrissa Ouédraogo

Screenplay

Idrissa Ouédraogo, Santiago Amigorena, Jacques Arhex

Cast

Bakary Sangaré, Mariam Kaba, Abdoulaye Komboudri, Irène Tassembedo, Moumouni Compaoré

Producer

Idrissa Ouédraogo

Executive producer

Sophie Salbot, Silvia Voser

Cinematography

Pierre-Laurent Chenieux, Mathieu Vadepied

Editing

Joëlle Dufour

Music

Faton Cahen, Lamine Konté

Production

Les Films de la Plaine

Les Films de l'Avenir

Waka Films
www.wakafilms.net
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Co-production

Films A2

International sales

Waka Films
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