Samba Traoré (1993)

Overview : Samba (Bakary Sangare) has returned unannounced to his home village, bringing with him a suitcase full of money. Despite his protests that this is money that he earned in the city, the villagers have their doubts. In fact, he held up a gas station and unintentionally killed its attendant, and is in hiding here. Meanwhile, he has married a woman (Mariam Kaba) with a child who left her husband and built a house for her. He is building a bar with his remaining money, but he encounters a situation which makes him believe that he will be exposed to the police, and runs away, leaving a pregnant, very ill wife behind, much to the disgust of the villagers and Samba's own family.

Release Date : March 3, 1993

Runtime : 85m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Waka Films, Films A2, Films de L'Avenir, Les Films de l'Avenir, Les Films de la Plaine

Countries : Burkina Faso, France, Switzerland

Keywords : africa