Sarraounia (1986)

  • NR
  • 11/26/1986 (FR)
  • War, Drama, History
  • 2h

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.

Med Hondo

Director, Writer

Amina Abdoulaye Mamani

Novel, Screenplay

Cast

Aï Keïta's headshot

Aï Keïta

Sarraounia
Jean-Roger Milo's headshot

Jean-Roger Milo

Capitaine Voulet
Féodor Atkine's headshot

Féodor Atkine

Chanoine
Didier Sauvegrain's headshot

Didier Sauvegrain

Doctor Henric
Roger Miremont's headshot

Roger Miremont

Lieutenant Joalland
Luc-Antoine Diquéro's headshot

Luc-Antoine Diquéro

Lieutenant Pallier
Jean-Pierre Castaldi's headshot

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Sergeant Boutel

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