Guimba the Tyrant (1996)
Guimba, un tyran une époque
The movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief Guimba, and his son Jangine in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali.
- Date of release
- 1996-05-24
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Casting
- Fatoumata Coulibaly — Sadio
- Balla Habib Dembélé — Sambou the Bard (as Habibou Dembele)
- Lamine Diallo — Janguine
- Maimouna Hélène Diarra — Meya
- Balla Moussa Keita — Mambi
- Cheick Oumar Maiga — Siriman
- Mouneissa Maiga — Kani
- Fabola Issa Traoré — Guimba
Interesting facts
Guimba the Tyrant is a 1995 Malian comedy drama film in the Bambara language, directed by noted Malian director Cheick Oumar Sissoko. The movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief, Guimba, and his son Jangine in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali. Some of the storytelling is done through the village griot, and with the film being placed in an old setting, this lends an epic touch to the movie. The exact chronological setting of the movie is difficult to ascertain, since it is set in an isolated village, but the commonly used weaponry shown is the blunderbuss.
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