Yeelen

Jul 1, 1987

1h 45m

★ 6.6

Overview

A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Les Films du Carrosse

Atriascop Paris

Burkina Faso Ministry of Life and Culture

French Ministry of Cooperation and Development

Les Films Cissé

Mali Government

Midas

UTA

CNC

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministère de la culture

WDR

Yeelen Trailers

Cast

Niankoro, The Son

Issiaka Kane

Rouma Boll, the Fulani King

Balla Moussa Keita

Attou, the young Fulani woman

Aoua Sangare

Bofing, The Uncle

Ismaila Sarr

Soma/ Djigui

Niamanto Sanogo

Mah, The Mother

Soumba Traore

The Chief of Komo

Koke Sangare

Attou's Little Boy

Youssouf Tenin Cissé

Sidi Diallo

Bremira Dumbla

Seyba M'Baye

Djemori Traoré

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6.8

White Material

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6.8

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6.5

Cinderella

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Julie Andrews was nominated for an Emmy for portraying the titular scullery maid who finds true love with a prince in this legendary adaptation of one of the most famous fairy tales of all time. A musical, made-for-television, with music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, it is the only of the legendary composing team's musicals created specifically for that medium. It was originally broadcast live on CBS on March 31, 1957, and was a phenomenal success, viewed by more than 107 million people. Though it originally aired in full color, only a black & white kinescope of the production has survived.

6.9

Mughal-e-Azam

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0.0

Zbojník Ondráš

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No overview available.

5.3

King Solomon's Mines

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7.1

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2.5

The Hunter

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6.9

The Last Adventure

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Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.

6.2

Flatfoot in Africa

Mar 22, 1978

Inspector Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediately before this meeting the South African policeman is killed. Dying he shows Rizzo a picture of his young son Bodo. Rizzo travels to Johannesburg to find out what the policeman was working on and to find Bodo.

6.5

Tideland

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Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

7.2

The Passenger

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David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.

6.2

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6.9

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7.9

Faust

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God and Satan wager on the soul of a learned and prayerful alchemist as part of their eternal war over Earth.

6.2

Man to Man

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An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.

0.0

Women of Hope

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5.0

Yelbeedo

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