Guimba the Tyrant
6.5
The movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief Guimba, and his son Jangine in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali.
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Cast
21 people
Fatoumata Coulibaly
Sadio
Known for
Moolaadé
Balla Habib Dembélé
Sambou the Bard (as Habibou Dembele)
Known for
Moolaadé
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Joëlle Dufour
Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Lamine Diallo
Janguine
Also in
La rivincita
Sophie Salbot
Joël Rangon
Maimouna Hélène Diarra
Meya
Known for
Code Unknown
Moolaadé
Kahéna Attia
Balla Moussa Keita
Mambi
Known for
Yeelen
Michel Risse
Cheick Oumar Sissoko Director · Michel Risse Composer Pierre Sauvageot Composer
United States release May 24, 1996 · Produced in Mali, Germany, Burkina Faso · Languages Bambara, French
Production
CNCM
Production
Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale
Production
Kora Films
Production
Hubert Bals Fund
Production
Centre National de la Cinématographie du Mali (CNCM)
Production
Mali · Germany · Burkina Faso
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Guimba, un tyran une époque
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Bambara · French
Release dates
Canada · September 13, 1995
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · May 24, 1996
Limited theatrical
Burkina Faso
March 1, 2007 · Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival
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