Sotigui Kouyaté

After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attacks on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks

Faro is a real goddess of a real tribe (the Bamana) in the West African country of Mali. In a landlocked country like Mali, covered in part by the Sahara Desert, water is a resource that can never be taken for granted. The Bamana village in Faro: Goddess of the Waters not only sits on a riverbank, but also depends for much of its food on fish from the river. Faro is the dominant character in this film, the unseen force for which all action takes place. (c) Ferdy on Films [Marilyn Ferdinand]

When she is slightly hurt in the factory where she works, Iris quits her job and finds a new one as an assistant in a laboratory of a very peculiar kind. Without fully grasping what is at play around her, she gradually engages in a disturbing love affair with her enigmatic employer.

An African narrator tells the story of earth history, the birth of the universe and evolution of life. Beautiful imagery makes this movie documentary complete.

돈 많은 미술품 중개상 찰스 램버트와 결혼, 파리에서 신혼살림을 차린 미모의 영국여자 레지나는 일을 핑계로 늘 집을 비우는 남편과의 결혼생활에 회의를 느낀다. 이혼을 결심하고 기분전환 삼아 친구와 카리브해로 여행을 갖다 온 그녀를 기다리는 것은, 그러나, 가재도구 하나 없이 텅 빈 아파트와 남편의 사망소식이었다. 설상가상으로 파리 경찰청은 그녀에게 놀라운 얘기를 들려준다. 스위스사람으로 알았던 남편이 지금껏 여러개의 국적과 이름과 여권을 갖고 수시로 신분을 바꾸며 살아왔다는 것. 망연자실한 그녀에게 여행길에서 만난 매력적인 남자 조슈아가 찾아온다.

고향 나이지리아의 의사였던 오크웨는 런던으로 와 낮에는 택시 운전사, 밤에는 호텔 야간 당직으로 근무하며 힘든 하루하루를 보내는 불법체류자다. 한편 터키에서 온 세나이는 망명을 요청 중이지만 불법으로 오크웨와 같은 호텔에서 일하며 언젠가는 친척이 있는 뉴욕에 가기를 꿈꾸는 여인. 어느 날, 그들이 일하는 호텔 객실의 변기에서 사람의 심장이 발견되고 오크웨는 호텔에서 장기가 밀매되고 있다는 사실을 알게 된다. 그런데 장기매매의 장본인은 다름 아닌 오크웨가 일하는 호텔의 사장인 후안. 그는 불법 체류자들의 장기를 사서 그 대가로 그들에게 불법 여권을 만들어 주는 일을 하고 있었던 것이다. 한편, 이민국의 눈을 피해 일을 하던 세나이는 호텔을 그만두고 공장에 취직하게 되고, 세나이의 어려운 처지를 이용한 공장 사장에게 농락을 당하는 등 우여곡절을 겪는다. 이런 상황에서도 세나이는 오크웨에 대한 사랑을 접지 못하고 같이 미국으로 가자는 제안을 하지만, 오크웨는 그 마음을 매정하게 외면한다. 세나이는 결국 미국에 가기 위한 여권을 마련하기 위해 후안에게 자신의 장기를 팔려고 나서고, 이를 보다 못한 오크웨는 자기가 직접 세나이의 수술을 하겠다고 하는데...

Kaya Maghan, the despotic king of Wagadou, follows the instructions of his priest by ordering the religious sacrifice to the Python God of Sia Yatabaree, the virgin daughter of a notable family. A gift of gold equivalent to Sia’s weight is given to her family as compensation for surrendering their daughter for the sacrifice. However, Sia runs away and finds shelter in the home of a mad prophet who has railed against the king. The king orders his top general to locate Sia, but the general is conflicted since Sia was engaged to marry his nephew, Mamadi, who is in battle on behalf of the kingdom. Mamadi returns and joins his uncle to do battle against the Python God. - Wikipedia, accessed 31 July 2021

Passionné par l'histoire de son peuple, Alloune, un vieux guide du musée africain "La Maison des Esclaves" à Gorée, part en pèlerinage pour retrouver les descendants de ses ancêtres aux Etats-Unis. Cet émouvant voyage va le mener des côtes de Caroline du Sud au quartier de Harlem où vit la communauté africaine, Little Senegal. Alloune, animé par l'idée de réunir sa famille par delà les siècles et les frontières, remonte jusqu'à une lointaine cousine, Ida, qui ignore tout de son passé. Le vieil homme croise également les chemins de son neveu Hassan, chauffeur de taxi clandestin, de sa fiancée Biram, d'Eileen, enceinte et fugueuse, et de Karim, qui cherche à faire un mariage blanc pour obtenir la carte verte. Tous les quatre comprennent mal la quête d'Alloune.

Inspired by the book of Genesis, this film tells the power struggle between two families: a clan of herders led by Jacob and another clan of hunters fronted by his brother Esau. Caught in the crossfire is their cousin, Hamor and his tribe of farmers.

Through testimonies by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carriere, Jean-Pierre Guigane, and Sotigui Kouyate himself, SOTIGUI KOUYATE: A MODERN GRIOT dresses the portrait of one of Africa's greatest actor now based in Paris. From Africa to Europe, the film unveils the multiple facets of Sotigui Kouyate, actor, musician and modern griot.

The struggles of a 28-year-old mother in Lyon who tries to combine her love life and raising her 12-year-old rebel son.

A man. A woman. A single night in Paris. Such is the basic framework of this French romance that begins when middle-aged middle-class housewife Clara, happily drives to the airport to meet her husband who was supposed to come in on the evening flight and is devastated to learn that he has remained at his hotel and is having an affair. Clara sees a younger man eating a sandwich and asks him to have a drink. Later, she and he, an amiable baggage handler, spend the evening talking and exploring the nightlife on the outskirts of Paris. There they meet many people from other countries who come to Paris and work as laborers.

It is an ordinary afternoon for young Mabo Keïta, at home, in Burkina Faso (West Africa). While his parents are taking a nap, he reads a schoolbook on the front porch when a stranger - an elderly man carrying his own hammock - appears for an unexpected visit. It turns out that the old man is a griot, a West African musician/entertainer whose performances include tribal histories and genealogies. The position of a griot is a time-honored one and passed down from father to son for many generations.

It is an ordinary afternoon for young Mabo Keïta, at home, in Burkina Faso (West Africa). While his parents are taking a nap, he reads a schoolbook on the front porch when a stranger - an elderly man carrying his own hammock - appears for an unexpected visit. It turns out that the old man is a griot, a West African musician/entertainer whose performances include tribal histories and genealogies. The position of a griot is a time-honored one and passed down from father to son for many generations.

A Senegalese storyteller travels to Belgium and observes the lives of African expatriates in Europe. Dreams and struggles great and small are explored.

A traveller who has lost his passport in a Paris airport while between flights is restricted to a special transit zone. There he finds a group of similarly lost people hiding out and living from hand-to-mouth, reliant on their ingenuity to survive.

An allegory of the Golem, a Jewish mythical creature personifying displacement and exile, this film tells the story of a woman (similar to the biblical Ruth) and her sisters, who are forced into exile after the death of their husbands. It is set in 1990s Paris, where the director was living in self-imposed exile following the ban on his 1982 documentary in Israel. The recurring theme of the film is migrations and unrooting, like the legendary Golem.

Young graffiti artist Tony (Olivier Martinez) and his friend Jockey (Sekkou Sall) jump-start an unexpected adventure on the streets of Grenoble, France, when they steal a car that's already occupied by an older man (Yves Montand) who's been sleeping in the back. Writer-director Jean-Jacques Beineix's foreign-language drama marks the final feature film for renowned actor Montand, who died in the midst of shooting.

1947년 아프리카 북동부의 모로코의 항구 탕헤르. 여기에 결혼 10년을 맞이하는 부부 포트(Port Moresby: 존 말코비치 분)와 그의 아내 키트(Kit Moresby: 데브라 윙거 분)가 찾아온다. 포트는 수년 동안 일자리를 구하지 못한 뮤지션인데, 북 아프리카로의 여행이 그에게 예술적 영감을 불어 넣어주고 그의 결혼 생활도 새롭게 신선한 감정을 갖고 재출발할 수 있기를 기대한다. 그러나 그녀는 이미 여행에 지쳐 있었고 남편과의 관계가 회복되리란 생각에 회의를 품기 시작했다. 여기에 그들의 여행 친구 존 터너(Tunner: 캠벨 스콧 분)가 등장한다. 그는 이 기묘한 부부에 매료되고, 더구나 키트의 미모에 빠져 버린다. 포트는 그 자신이 어디로 갈 지 결정하지 않았지만 여행객이 아닌 순례자로서 도시로 부터 가장 먼 곳까지 가보기를 원한다. 키트는 존 터너와 불륜의 관계를 맞고, 포트는 아랍 여자에게 깊이 빠진다. 모든 것은 알 수 없는 혼란으로 이어진다.

One of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production from acclaimed theater and film innovator Peter Brook. This collection of ancient Sanskrit stories (composed into the longest book ever written) comprises a series of enlightened fables at the heart of countless beliefs, legends, and teachings; indeed, its very title means "the great story of mankind." Brook and writer Jean-Claude Carriere worked for eight years to develop this epic concerning two sides of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, whose struggle leads to a fascinating voyage of emotions, passion and vision of glory. Briefly, the Mahabharata is a tale of two rival sets of brothers, cousins to eachother, each born into royalty and with divinely guided paths in life. The result, however, is a great war, death, destruction - a vast epic.

1968: Justin Ohounou is the Minister of the Interior Department. He is involved in scheming with a corrupt business man. His goal is to eliminate by all means his political enemy Christian Adegbe and all of the Adegbe Tribe.

A Film by Jean Rouch and Tam-Sir Doueb.

탐정소설가인 45세의 알랑 꼴베와 그의 22세된 아름다운 아내 롤라는 결혼한 지 1년 되었으나 점차 식어가는 사랑을 느끼고 새로운 자극을 찾아 아이티라는 흑인 국가로 여행을 온다. 롤라는 한 부랑아로부터 지하철에서 추행을 당하다, 그를 칼로 찔렀던 생각하기 싫은 과거를 지니고 있다. 그런 롤라의 마음은 남편에 대한 다른 이유들과 함께 풀릴 줄 모르고, 알랑은 롤라가 다른 남자와 애정 행각을 벌이는 것에 고민한다. 그러던 중 술을 마쉬고 자신의 돈을 털려는 흑인을 우발적으로 살인 하게 된다. 남편의 살인을 알게 된 롤라는 그의 피묻은 옷과 신발을 태우고, 사회의 모든 시선으로부터 남편을 보호하려하지만, 살인 장면을 목격한 흑인 뗄오피 비주와 그의 약혼녀인 백인 중년의 여자 뤼쎄르 벌망스는 비밀을 지키는 대가로 5만달러를 요구한다. 롤랑은 돈을 마련하기 위해 출판사에 가불을 부탁하지만 거액이라 형편이 어렵자, 결국 롤라는 자신이 아끼는 팔찌를 팔아 돈을 마련한다. 롤라는 벌망스에게 전화를 해 돈을 건네주지만 그녀는 돈을 가로채 국외로 달아난다. 한편 복잡한 심정인 알랑은 경찰에 자수하지만 서장은 그의 말을 믿지 않고, 결국 롤랑은 비주에게 증인이 되어 줄 것을 부탁한다. 비주는 돈과 애인까지 잃고, 도리어 증인이 되어달라는 알랑을 살해하려다, 두 사람은 중상을 입고 병원에 입원한다. 남편을 찾아간 롤라는 병실에 누워있는 그에게 표출되지 않았던 진실한 사랑을 느낀다.

Yennenga was a legendary princess and a famous warrior, considered to be the mother of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso who lived between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries. The cut-out paper animation is an adaptation of a tale by Bila Kaboré.

Bila, a young peasant, decides to go to Ivory Coast to work and is asked by his parents to accompany Pogbi who is going to meet her fiancé, through an arranged marriage, for the first time. However, Pogbi is in love with Rasmane, a pariah from the smiths' caste, and runs away.

An inside look at slavery in the country of Burkina Faso, The Courage Of Others follows the journey of a slave (played by Sotigui Kouyaté) being taken across the African desert by his captors.

The gods have declared the drought of the country. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king requires the sacrifice of a young woman to put an end to their anger. A young man in love decides to go in search of water to save the girl from a tragic end, but when he returns with good news it's too late: the genie had his satisfaction and Toula has already disappeared in the holy swamp.

The gods have declared the drought of the country. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king requires the sacrifice of a young woman to put an end to their anger. A young man in love decides to go in search of water to save the girl from a tragic end, but when he returns with good news it's too late: the genie had his satisfaction and Toula has already disappeared in the holy swamp.

Ali is the image of modern Africa. He happily returns from a football match on his motorbike but a nasty surprise is waiting for him at his parents' home: he finds Haoua, his bride-to-be, waiting for him. The wedding is celebrated shortly afterwards and the two begin living together under the same roof. They are strangers but cannot stand each other. Haoua is the classic traditional woman who has just arrived from the village, God-fearing and faithful to the laws of tradition. Ali's friends advise him to look for a second wife. He meets Henriette, an uninhibited and provocative city girl, the woman of his dreams. To meet Henriette's constant requests, Ali 'borrows' some money from the coffers of commander Soleymane, but he is discovered and ends up in prison. Henriette is furious and leaves him, whilst Haoua cries for him in despair.