Bamako (film)

Synopsis

Miss is a singer of bar and her husband, Chaka, with unemployment is inserted in silence. In spite of a girl who links them, their couple émiette gradually. They live in a house which they divide with several families. In the court, an astonishing event is held: the lawsuit of the African civil society against the the World Bank and the the IMF!

Comments

This film mixes part of fiction scenarized by Sissako and a lawsuit improvised by truths lawyers, (of which the French William Bourdon and Roland Rappaport), president of the jury and witnesses. Various the " acteurs" lawsuit thus worked out their own arguments and pleadings, giving an interesting vision of the Mondialisation and its consequences in Africa.
At the time of a scene where characters look at the television Malian, the latter diffuses a false film which is a parody of Western spaghetti, " Death in Timbuktu" , being ironical about the current world and showing the complexity of the things: White and Blacks killing of the Blacks, symbol of a joint responsibility of the negative effects of current universalization in the Country of the South. The cow-boys are played by Sissako itself, Danny Glover (which are Co-producer of film) and other personal friends of Sissako, all having agreed to play this part free.

Distribution

Aïssa Maïga : Miss
Tiècoura Traoré: Chaka
Helene Diarra: Saramba
Habib Dembélé: Falaï
Djénéba Koné : the sister of Chaka
Hamadoun Kassogué: the journalist
Hamèye Mahalmadane: the president of the jury
Aïssata Tall Sall: Counsel for the plaintiff
William Bourdon: Counsel for the plaintiff
Roland Rappaport: Defense counsel
Mamadou Konaté: Defense counsel
Mamadou Savadogo: Defense counsel
Magma Gabriel Konaté: the prosecutor
Zegué Bamba: Pilot 1
Aminata Traoré: Pilot 2
Madou Keita: Pilot 3
Georges Keita: Pilot 4
ESA Badiallo Souko: Pilot 5
Samba Diakité: Pilot 6
Danny Glover: Cow-boy
Elia Suleiman: Cow-boy
Abderrahmane Sissako (credited Dramane Sissako): Cow-boy
Jean-Henri Roger: Cow-boy
Zeka Laplaine: Cow-boy

Data sheet

Realization: Abderrahmane Sissako
Scenario: Abderrahmane Sissako
Producing: Abderrahmane Sissako, Denis Freyd
Executive producers: Danny Glover, Arnaud Louvet, François Sauvagnargues, Maji-da Abdi, Joslyn Barnes
Production companies: Archipelago 33, Chinguitty Films, Mali Images, arte France Cinema
in partnership with Louverture Films
operator Chief: Jacques Besse
Assembly: Nadia Ben Rachid
decorator Chief: Mahamadou Kouyaté
costumière Chief: Maji-da Abdi
Lasted: 115 minutes
Languages: French, Bambara, English (some sentences) , Sénoufo (song of the Griot)
Sound: Dolby DIGITAL
image Report/ratio: 1.85:1
Comings out date: May 21st 2006 with the Cannes festival, October 18th 2006 in France, November 29th 2006 in Belgium.
Budget (estimate): 2 million d'€
Places of turning: Bamako and Tombouctou

Festivals and rewards

Presented except competition to the Cannes festival 2006.
Grand Prix of the Public of the Meetings of the Festival Paris Cinema 2006.
Presented to the International festival of film of the La Rochelle 2006.
Presented to the International festival of film of Toronto 2006.
Presented to the Festival of film of New York 2006.

Boxoffice

France: 195.444 entries in 2006

See too

Official site
Discussion with Abderrahmane Sissako on abusdecine
Card of Bamako on DVDtoile

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