FARO, REINE DES EAUX (Mali, 2007 )


Couleur – 96’
Direction: Salif Traoré
Screenplay: Salif Traoré et Olivier Lorelle
Director of Photography: Benoit Laouché
Sound: Jean-Sébastien Roy
Music: Bassekou Kouyaté
Editing: Laure Budin
Cast: Sotigui Kouyaté, Fily Traoré,
Djénéba Koné
Production: SAMARA FILMS



Synopsis

Zanga, born of an adulterous relationship and driven out of his village several years earlier, returns to find out who his father is. His arrival coincides with abrupt changes in the Faro River, interpreted as a sign of the spirit’s anger towards Zanga «the bastard’s» arrival. Beyond these events, and through the story of this village, the film invites us to discover a rural world confronted with change. The village council’s power wavers, and tradition and duty has to compromise with modernity to perdure.


Le réalisateur

Salif Traoré was born in Mali in 1954. He studied at the Institut Africain du Cinéma at the University of Ougadougou. He was assistant director with Souleymane Cisse and Abderahamane Sissako and has directed both fiction and documentary films. His film credits include : “Sigida”, “La Dance du Singe”, «Sida lakari», «Duel à Dafa».


Contact

Salif Traoré / SAMARA FILMS
BP.E 2030 Bamako / Mali
Tél : + 223 679 70 58 - + 223 625 61 18
saramafilm@yahoo.fr - t_salif@yahoo.fr