Film · 1996

Guimba the Tyrant

Name: Guimba the Tyrant
Director: Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1996-05-24

93 min · Directed by Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Drama Comedy

6.17
ratings

The movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief Guimba, and his son Jangine in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali.

Cast

F

Fatoumata Coulibaly

Sadio

B

Balla Habib Dembélé

Sambou the Bard (as Habibou Dembele)

L

Lamine Diallo

Janguine

Maimouna Hélène Diarra

Meya

B

Balla Moussa Keita

Mambi

C

Cheick Oumar Maiga

Siriman

M

Mouneissa Maiga

Kani

F

Fabola Issa Traoré

Guimba

Crew

Director: Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Producer: Sophie Salbot, Idrissa Ouedraogo
Writer: Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Editor: Kahéna Attia, Joëlle Dufour
Cinematography: Lionel Cousin
Production Design: Boubacar Doumbia, Baba Keita
Composer: Michel Risse, Pierre Sauvageot
Sound: Martin Boissau, Joël Rangon
Costume: Kandjoura Coulbaly

Details

Studios: CNCM, Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale, Kora Films
Countries: Mali, Germany, Burkina Faso
Languages: French, Bambara
Release: May 24, 1996

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