Sarraounia (1986)

Sarraounia (1986)

1986-07-01 Burkina Faso, France, Mauritania 120 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Aï Keïta is Sarraounia
Sarraounia
Jean-Roger Milo is Capitaine Voulet
Capitaine Voulet
Féodor Atkine is Chanoine
Didier Sauvegrain is Doctor Henric
Doctor Henric
Roger Miremont is Lieutenant Joalland
Lieutenant Joalland
Luc-Antoine Diquéro is Lieutenant Pallier
Lieutenant Pallier
Jean-Pierre Castaldi is Sergeant Boutel
Sergeant Boutel