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Sarraounia (1986)

★ 6.8/10 120 min War, Drama, History Burkina Faso, France, Mauritania French
Director: Med Hondo
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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.

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

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