Samba Traoré

Samba Traoré (1993) is a Burkinabé drama film in the Mossi language (Mòoré) directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo. It was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear.^[1]

Samba Traoré
Directed by	Idrissa Ouedraogo
Written by	Idrissa Ouedraogo Santiago Amigorena Jacques Arhex
Produced by	Idrissa Ouedraogo
Starring	Bakary Sangaré Mariam Kaba Abdoulaye Komboudri
Cinematography	Pierre-Laurent Chénieux Mathieu Vadepied
Edited by	Joëlle Dufour
Music by	Faton Cahen Wasis Diop
Distributed by	New Yorker Films (U.S.)
Release date	10 September 1993 (1993-09-10)
Running time	85 minutes
Countries	Burkina Faso France South Africa
Language	Mossi

Plot

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?

References

1. "Berlinale: 1993 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

External links

• Samba Traoré at IMDb
• African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)^{[dead link‍]}