Tilaï

Tilaï
Tilaï
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Directed by	Idrissa Ouédraogo
Written by	Idrissa Ouédraogo;
Produced by	Idrissa Ouédraogo; ;
Starring	; ; ;
Cinematography	;
Edited by	;
Music by	Abdullah Ibrahim; David Williams; Billy Higgins
Distributed by	(Burkina Faso); New Yorker Films (United States); (Switzerland); (France)
Release dates	September 8, 1990 (premiere at Toronto Festival of Festivals); December 5, 1990 (France)
Running time	81 minutes
Countries	Burkina Faso; Switzerland; France; Germany; United Kingdom
Language	Mossi (Mooré)

Tilaï ("The Law") is a 1990 award-winning Burkinabé drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Idrissa Ouédraogo. It premiered at the 1990 Toronto Festival of Festivals.

Plot[]

Saga returns to his village after a long absence, and finds that his father has married Nogma, his fiancee, during his leave. Nogma has become his second wife, and by law, Saga's mother. Saga runs away and builds a straw hut near the village.

Still in love, Saga and Nogma begin an affair, with Nogma telling her parents she is going to visit her aunt, then running to Saga's hut. After the affair is discovered, Saga's father decrees that he must die for dishonoring the family. Nogma's father hangs himself from a tree, and Nogma is disowned by her mother at her father's funeral. Saga's brother Kougri is selected to execute Saga. He pretends to kill Saga so as to restore the family's honor.

Saga and Nogma then run away to another village, and the family falls apart. As Saga and Nogma begin to build a life, Nogma tells Saga that she is pregnant. Meanwhile, Kougri comes to regret his failure to kill Saga. After Saga's birth mother dies, Saga returns to the village, exposing Kougri's failure to carry out his father's orders. Kougri's father tells him he is banished. Kougri then picks up Saga's rifle and shoots him for having brought ruin to the family and his own life. He then walks off into exile and probable death.

Cast[]

as Saga
as Nogma
as Kuilga
as Kougri
as Poko
as Tenga
as Bore
as Nomenaba
as Koudpoko
as Porgo
as Maiga
as Ganame
as Azeta
as The child
as The peddler
as Villager
as Villager
as Villager
as Villager
as Villager
as Villager
as Cavalier
as Cavalier

Awards[]

Tilaï won the Jury Grand Prize at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival^[1] and the Grand Prize at the 1991 Panafrican Film and Television Festival.

References[]

^ "Festival de Cannes: Tilaï". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

External links[]

Tilaï at IMDb
Tilaï at AllMovie

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[festival-cannes.com-1] "Festival de Cannes: Tilaï". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

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