A young manager of a factory encounters a man walking along a road who says his family traditionally are servants to the manager's family. The manager offers him a job, and as he watches out for the other man's welfare, begins to see how...
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Balla Moussa Keita |
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Baba Niare |
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Bubukar Keita |
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Omou Diarra |
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Ismaila Sarr |
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Directed by
| Souleymane Cissé | ||
Written by
| Souleymane Cissé | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Souleymane Cissé | ... | producer |
Music by
| Lamine Konté | ||
Cinematography by
| Étienne Carton de Grammont | ||
| Abdoulaye Sidibé | ||
Editing by
| Andrée Davanture | ||
Sound Department
| Gérard Lamps | ... | re-recording mixer |
Production Companies
- C.N.P.C.
- Médiane Films (support)
Distributors
- Gerick Distribution (1984) (France) (theatrical)
- trigon-film (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- trigon-film (2009) (Switzerland) (DVD) (special edition)
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A young manager of a factory encounters a man walking along a road who says his family traditionally are servants to the manager's family. The manager offers him a job, and as he watches out for the other man's welfare, begins to see how the company mistreats its workers. The manager is challenged between his ethics and the pressure from others to protect his own interests as dire problems surface at the factory |
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Did You Know?
| Movie Connections | Featured in Twenty Years of African Cinema (1983). See more » |