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      Tilai

      Released Sep 8, 1990 1h 21m Drama List
      Reviews 64% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Set in Burkina Faso before the French colonized the region, this film chronicles the plight of Saga (Rasmane Ouedraogo), who returns to his family's village and discovers that the woman he was in love with, Nogma (Ina Cissé), has married his father. This doesn't prevent the couple from seeing each other again, however. But when it's discovered that Saga and Nogma have slept together -- which the law considers incest -- Saga's brother Kougri (Assane Ouedraogo) is ordered to kill him. Read More Read Less

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      Richard Brody New Yorker The theatrical rhetoric that the filmmaker underplays in speech bursts into his images, which are as poised and majestic as they are starkly analytical. May 27, 2018 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Jul 31, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      david l Tilai is an emotional, even exhausting movie that is immensely dark as it captures some of the worst and most inhumane laws in African countries. It is a film that needed more layered characters and dialogue, but for the most part it dealt with its painful subject matter deftly while also benefiting from excellent directing, editing and cinematography. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Slightly bizarre but very compelling story from Burkina Faso. A strange set of circumstances unleashes a unique drama. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Une vraie facon de faire du cinema est a la base de ce film ; seulement, le film se repose trop dessus et manque vite d'epaisseur. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member good film, poor acting by some actors. Nogma is good. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Set in Burkina Faso before the French colonized the region, this film chronicles the plight of Saga (Rasmane Ouedraogo), who returns to his family's village and discovers that the woman he was in love with, Nogma (Ina Cissé), has married his father. This doesn't prevent the couple from seeing each other again, however. But when it's discovered that Saga and Nogma have slept together -- which the law considers incest -- Saga's brother Kougri (Assane Ouedraogo) is ordered to kill him.
      Director
      Idrissa Ouédraogo
      Producer
      Beatrice Korc
      Screenwriter
      Idrissa Ouédraogo
      Distributor
      New Yorker Films
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 8, 1990, Original
      Runtime
      1h 21m