Samba Traoré

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Samba Traoré
Mathieu Vadepied
Edited byJoëlle Dufour
Music byFaton Cahen
Wasis Diop
Distributed byNew Yorker Films (U.S.)
Release date
  • 10 September 1993 (1993-09-10)
Running time
85 minutes
CountriesBurkina Faso
France
South Africa
Language
Mossi

Samba Traoré (1993) is a

Silver Bear.[1]

Plot

Two men hold up a gas station in the middle of the night. One of them is killed. The other one, Samba, flees with a suitcase full of money. He returns to his village with his new fortune and starts a new life. He opens a bar, gets married… But he cannot forget what he did. He lives in constant fear of getting caught by the police and his neighbors wonder about his past… Can one forget the murky past and return to a normal life so easily?

References

  1. ^ "Berlinale: 1993 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

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