Saga
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Plot. Saga returns to his village after a long absence, and finds that his father has married Nogma, his fiancee, during his leave. [2] Nogma has become his second wife, and by law, Saga's mother. Saga runs away and builds a straw hut near the village.
May 23, 2018 · May 23, 2018. Assane Ouedraogo, Ina Cissé, and Rasmané Ouédraogo in a scene from Idrissa Ouedraogo’s “Tilaï (The Law),” from 1990. Photograph Courtesy BAM. Streaming video has turned ...
Dec 5, 1990 · Set in a pre-colonial African past, Tilai is about an illicit love affair and its consequences. Saga returns to his village after an extended absence to discover that his father has taken Nogma, Saga's promised bride, for himself.
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- Drama, Romance
- Idrissa Ouedraogo
- 1990-12-05
Sep 10, 2012 · Discover the best of the city, first. Saga (Rasmane Ouedraogo), the wayfarer returned, learns that in his absence his beloved Nogma (Cissé), the girl he has waited so long to marry, has been taken...
Feb 14, 2019 · Stately in its simplicity, but with the formidability of folklore, Tilaï examines how community values impact the family dynamic, treating the war between honor and emotion as a breeding ground for duplicity and violence.
Set in Burkina Faso before the French colonized the region, this film chronicles the plight of Saga (Rasmane Ouedraogo), who returns to his family's village and discovers that the woman he was...
- Drama
One of the most celebrated films from Africa, this troubling drama follows a young African man who is engaged to the woman he loves until the man’s father decides that he should marry this woman himself. This fateful decision forces the young lovers into an illicit affair.
