Samba Traoré

Samba Traoré

85 mins | Drama | March 3, 1993

Samba (Bakary Sangare) has returned unannounced to his home village, bringing with him a suitcase full of money. Despite his protests that this is money that he earned in the city, the villagers have their doubts. In fact, he held up a gas station and unintentionally killed its attendant, and is in hiding here. Meanwhile, he has married a woman (Mariam Kaba) with a child who left her husband and built a house for her. He is building a bar with his remaining money, but he encounters a situation which makes him believe that he will be exposed to the police, and runs away, leaving a pregnant, very ill wife behind, much to the disgust of the villagers and Samba's own family.

Samba Traoré

85 mins | Drama | March 3, 1993

Samba Traoré
Samba (Bakary Sangare) has returned unannounced to his home village, bringing with him a suitcase full of money. Despite his protests that this is money that he earned in the city, the villagers have their doubts. In fact, he held up a gas station and unintentionally killed its attendant, and is in hiding here. Meanwhile, he has married a woman (Mariam Kaba) with a child who left her husband and built a house for her. He is building a bar with his remaining money, but he encounters a situation which makes him believe that he will be exposed to the police, and runs away, leaving a pregnant, very ill wife behind, much to the disgust of the villagers and Samba's own family.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Films A2, Waka Films, Films de L'Avenir, Les Films de l'Avenir, Les Films de la Plaine
Original title Samba Traoré
Directors Idrissa Ouedraogo
Writers Jacques Arhex, Santiago Amigorena, Idrissa Ouedraogo

Cast

Bakary Sangaré

as Samba Traoré

Mariam Kaba

as Saratou