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Tilai

Play trailer Tilai Released Sep 8, 1990 1h 21m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.

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Richard Brody The 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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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
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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
Idrissa Ouédraogo
Screenwriter
Idrissa Ouédraogo
Distributor
New Yorker Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 8, 1990, Original
Runtime
1h 21m