Yeelen

Yeelen

Infobox Film
name = Yeelen


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director = Souleymane Cissé
producer = Souleymane Cissé
writer = Souleymane Cissé
narrator =
starring = Issiaka Kane
Aoua Sangare
Niamanto Sanogo
music = Salif Keita
Michel Portal
cinematography = Jean-Noël Ferragut
Jean-Michel Humeau
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distributor =
released = May 1987 (premiere at Cannes)
14 April, 1989 (USA, limited)
runtime = 105 min.
country = Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany
language = Bambara
budget =
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imdb_id = 0094349

"Yeelen" is a 1987 Malian film directed by Souleymane Cissé. It is filmed entirely in the Bambara language and is based on a legend told by the Bambara people. The story is a heroic quest narrative featuring magic and precognition. It stars Issiaka Kane as Niankoro, a young African man who possesses magical powers. Niamanto Sanogo plays Niankoro's father, who is tracking his son through Africa using a magical wooden post to guide him. The title means "brightness".

"Yeelen" was met with wide critical success, and was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987. It was also nominated for the Golden Palm award for the same year.

Despite much critical praise, "Yeelen" is sometimes criticized by Western and European animal rights groups as the film contains footage of a live chicken actually being burned alive.

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title=Jury Prize, Cannes
years=1987
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before="Thérèse"
after="A Short Film About Killing"


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