Toula ou Le génie des eaux

Toula ou Le génie des eaux is a 1973 drama film directed by Moustapha Alassane.

Toula ou Le génie des eaux
Directed byMoustapha Alassane
Written byMoustapha Alassane
Produced byRTF Banca del Niger
StarringSolange Delanne
Isaa Bania
Parfait Kondo
Sotigui Kouyaté
Damouré Zika
CinematographyMoustapha Alassane, Bernd Rühe
Edited byDanièle Tessier
Music bySotigui Kouyaté
Distributed byMarfilmes
Release date
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryNiger
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

The gods have cursed the country with a drought. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king demands the sacrifice of a young woman to appease to the gods. Toula is chosen to be sacrificed. A young man in love who is in love with Toula goes in search of water to save his beloved from her fate, but when he returns with good news, he finds that he is too late: Toula has already disappeared in the holy swamp and the gods have been thus appeased.

Moustapha Alassane tackles the issue of the drought in Niger through a traditional story. The film was forbidden for some time in Niger.[1]

Based on a Boubou Hama novel.

Festivals

Awards

  • Sidney Award's, 1st American Black Film Festival, U.S.A. (1977)

Bibliography

  • Cinémas d'Afrique, Éditions Khartala, 2000, p. 32

References

  1. "Toula ou Le génie des eaux". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-15.
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