Sarraounia

Name: Sarraounia
Genre: War, Drama, History
Released: 1986-07-01
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Aï Keïta, Jean-Roger Milo, Féodor Atkine, Didier Sauvegrain, Roger Miremont

6.8 (9)1986-07-012h 0m

WarDramaHistory

Overview

On 2 January 1899, starting from the French Sudan, a French column under the command of the captains Voulet and Chanoine is sent against the black Sultan Rabah in what is now the Cameroon. Those captains and their African mercenary troops destroy and kill everything they find on their path. The French authorities try to stop them sending orders and a second troop but the captains kill the emissaries who reach them. Sarraounia, queen of the Aznas, have heard about the exactions. Clever in war tactics and in witchcraft, she decides to resist and stop those mad men.

Production: Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale, Les Films Soleil O, Ministère de la culture, Ministère de l'information et de la culture du Burkina