Samba Traoré
| Samba Traoré | |
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| Directed by | Idrissa Ouedraogo |
| Produced by | Idrissa Ouedraogo |
| Written by | Idrissa Ouedraogo Santiago Amigorena Jacques Arhex |
| Starring |
Bakary Sangaré Mariam Kaba Abdoulaye Komboudri |
| Music by |
Faton Cahen Wasis Diop |
| Cinematography |
Pierre-Laurent Chénieux Mathieu Vadepied |
| Edited by | Joëlle Dufour |
| Distributed by | New Yorker Films (U.S.) |
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Release date
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September 10, 1993 |
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Running time
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85 minutes |
| Country | Burkina Faso France South Africa |
| Language | More |
Samba Traoré (1993) is a Burkinabé drama film directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo. It was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear.
Two men hold up a gas station in the middle of the night. One of them is killed. The other one, Samba, flees with a suitcase full of money. He returns to his village with his new fortune and starts a new life. He opens a bar, gets married… But he cannot forget what he did. He lives in constant fear of getting caught by the police and his neighbors wonder about his past… Can one forget the murky past and return to a normal life so easily?
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