Sarraounia
1986, French. Directed by Med Hondo.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Sarraounia is streaming on Criterion Channel in India.
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Cast & crew
- Med HondoDirector
- Aï KeïtaSarraounia
- Jean-Roger MiloCapitaine Voulet
- Féodor AtkineChanoine
- Didier SauvegrainDoctor Henric
- Roger MiremontLieutenant Joalland
- Luc-Antoine DiquéroLieutenant Pallier
- Jean-Pierre CastaldiSergeant Boutel
- Wladimir IvanovskyCast
- Tidjani OuedraogoCoulibaly
- Jacques PenotCast
- Didier AgostiniCast
- Jean EdmondCast
Details
- Released
- 1 July 1986
- Country
- Burkina Faso, France, Mauritania
- Written by
- Amina Abdoulaye Mamani, Abdoul War, Med Hondo
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Sarraounia runs 122 minutes (2h 2m).
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Who directed Sarraounia?
Sarraounia (1986) was directed by Med Hondo and stars Aï Keïta, Jean-Roger Milo, Féodor Atkine.