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Cast
Aï Keïta
as Sarraounia
Jean-Roger Milo
as Capitaine Voulet
Féodor Atkine
as Chanoine
Didier Sauvegrain
as Doctor Henric
Roger Miremont
as Lieutenant Joalland
Luc-Antoine Diquéro
as Lieutenant Pallier
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
as Sergeant Boutel
Wladimir Ivanovsky
as Cast
Tidjani Ouedraogo
as Coulibaly
Jacques Penot
as Cast
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1986
Runtime2h 02m
LanguageFrench
CertificationNR
GenresWar, Drama, History
Votes10
DirectorMed Hondo
WritersAmina Abdoulaye Mamani, Abdoul War, Med Hondo
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.7 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsSarraounia
About Sarraounia
On 2 January 1899, starting from the French Sudan, a French column under the command of the captains Voulet and Chanoine is sent against the black Sultan Rabah in what is now the Cameroon. Those captains and their African mercenary troops destroy and kill everything they find on their path. The French authorities try to stop them sending orders and a second troop but the captains kill the emissaries who reach them. Sarraounia, queen of the Aznas, have heard about the exactions. Clever in war tactics and in witchcraft, she decides to resist and stop those mad men.
Directed by Med Hondo, Sarraounia leans on a strong ensemble — Aï Keïta, Jean-Roger Milo, Féodor Atkine — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about war titles of 1986.
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