Country: Mali
Year: 1982
Duration: 100'
A large, modern African city; a divided society; an encounter between
two adolescents in revolt. Bah is the grandson of Kansaye, a descendent
of the great traditional leaders of the region. Batrou is the daughter
of one of the representatives of the new power, the military governor
Sangaré, with whom the two enter into conflict. Bah and Batrou are
students, they belong to a generation that refuses to accept the
established order and questions the society of their fathers, that runs
the risk of getting lost sometimes in its choices (drugs). The showdown
with power is set off by the falsification of the election results. The
repression, which is orchestrated by Gov. Sangaré, exasperates the
discontent. During the manifestations, Bah and Batrou are arrested. They
discover prison, physical suffering, and humiliation. But instead of
weakening them, this test unites them and gives them the strength to
resist.
"'The wind awakens the thoughts of men.' In the life of men, there is
always a moment in which one has to stop to look at what has been done
and what remains to be done. Finyé poses this double question" (S.
Cissé).
Biography
film director
Souleymane Cissé
Souleymane Cissé was born in Bamako in 1940. A photographer, he won a scholarship at a stage to study as a projectionist in Moscow. He later won a second scholarship to study cinema at the VGIK in Moscow. After returning to Bamako, he worked at the Ministry of Information, filming reportages and documentaries. He true career as a director began with the medium-length film Cinq jours d'une vie (1973). He first full-length film, Den Muso (1975) - and also the first full-length film in Mali shot in the Bambarà tongue - was banned by the censors. It was the first episode in the difficult relationship between the director - who was also arrested - and the world of public administration.
FILMOGRAFIA
L'Homme et les idoles (cm, 1965), L'Aspirant (cm, 1968), Sources d'inspiration (doc., 1968), Degal à Dialloube (cm, 1970), Fête du Sanké (cm, 1971), Cinq jours d'une vie (cm, 1973), Dixième anniversaire de l'OUA (doc., 1973), Den muso (The Girl, 1975), Baara (1982), Chanteurs traditionels des Îles Seychelles (cm, 1978), Finyé (The Wind, 1982); Yeelen (La luce, 1987), Un certain matin (1992), Waati (1995).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, sceneggiatura/Director, screenplay: Souleymane Cissé
Fotografia/Director of photography: Etienne Carton de Grammont
Scenografia/Set design: Malick Guiss
Costumi/Costumes design: Diancounda Coulibaly
Montaggio/Film editor: Andre Davanture (ATRIA)
Musica/Music: Radio Mogadiscio, Pierre Gorse, folklore Mali
Suono/Sound: Jean Pierre Houel, Michel Mellier
Interpreti e personaggi/Cast and characters: Fousseyni Sissoko (Bah), Goundo Guiss (Batrou), Batia Moussa Ke ta (il governatore/the governor), Ismaila Sarr (il nonno di Bah/Bah's grandfather), Omou Diarra (la terza moglie del governatore/governor's third wife); Isma la Ciss (Seydou), Massitan Ballo (la madre di Batou), Dioncounda Kond (la nonna di Bah/Bah's grandmother), Yaeouba Samabaly (il commissario di polizia/police inspector)
Produzione/Production: Souleymane Cissé, Bamako
Fotografia/Director of photography: Etienne Carton de Grammont
Scenografia/Set design: Malick Guiss
Costumi/Costumes design: Diancounda Coulibaly
Montaggio/Film editor: Andre Davanture (ATRIA)
Musica/Music: Radio Mogadiscio, Pierre Gorse, folklore Mali
Suono/Sound: Jean Pierre Houel, Michel Mellier
Interpreti e personaggi/Cast and characters: Fousseyni Sissoko (Bah), Goundo Guiss (Batrou), Batia Moussa Ke ta (il governatore/the governor), Ismaila Sarr (il nonno di Bah/Bah's grandfather), Omou Diarra (la terza moglie del governatore/governor's third wife); Isma la Ciss (Seydou), Massitan Ballo (la madre di Batou), Dioncounda Kond (la nonna di Bah/Bah's grandmother), Yaeouba Samabaly (il commissario di polizia/police inspector)
Produzione/Production: Souleymane Cissé, Bamako
