Yaaba idrissa ouedraogo tilai

Idrissa Ouédraogo was born in Banfora, Burkina Faso, in He trained at the African Institute of Cinematography in Ouagadougou, continued his studies in Kiev, USSR and Paris, France, and graduated from the Institut Des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques (IDHEC) in His work often explored the conflict between rural and city life and tradition and modernity in his native Burkina Faso and elsewhere in Africa. His first feature film, Yam Daabo, was presented at the Cannes bio Festival. This success was followed by Tilaï (), the winner of a special jury prize at Cannes and the Grand Prize at FESPACO in Yaaba and Samba Traoré were screened at the first New York African Film Festival in In , Kini and Adams, a South African co-production, competed in Cannes. Ouédraogo also worked on a television series called Kadi Jolie and his feature The Wrath of the Gods opened the edition of FESPACO. Shortly after the end of the making of The Wrath of the Gods, Ouédraogo opted for

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Idrissa Ouédraogo

Idrissa Ouédraogo was born in in Banfora, Burkina Faso, and became known for his film Yaaba, which attracted over 50, movie-goers in Switzerland in , and which received many major awards. Ouédraogo’s debut rulle, The Choice (), was already quite remarkable, and his talent was confirmed by Tilaï, which was awarded with the Grand Prix du Jury in Cannes in

Idrissa Ouédraogo è nato a Banfora, nel Burkina Faso, nel Dopo il successo del suo primo lungometraggio, La scelta (), con Nonna () raggiunge oltre 50’ spettatori nelle sale elvetiche e vince premi importanti nei festival internazionali. L’anno successivo conferma il suo talento con Tilai (The Law, ), che gli vale il Grand Prix del Festival di Cannes.

Idrissa Ouédraogo, né en à Banfora (Burkina Faso), est notamment l’auteur de Yaaba (), grand succ&egra

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TILAI (THE LAW)(NEW YORKER FILMS &#; )

Director Idrissa Ouedraogo's film is an achingly detailed account of a love triangle straight out of Greek tragedy. Set in tribal Burkina Faso, "Tilai" observes what happens when young Saga returns to his village to find that his fiancee has married another man. Cast-iron tribal laws leave him powerless to correct the situation. Besides, the "other man" is his father, a powerful village elder. Devastated, Saga goes into exile, but passion forces him to defy the law by having a secret affair with his former fiancee. Ouedraogo's forceful storytelling, honed in his first feature, "Yaaba" (), makes "Tilai" one of the great African films of the '90s.