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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Souleymane Cissé Director · Andrée Davanture Editor
First release August 7, 1978 · Produced in Mali · Original title Baara
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Mali
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Original title
Baara
Original language
Bambara
Spoken on screen
Bambara
Release dates
Switzerland · August 7, 1978
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Mali
January 4, 1980 · Theatrical
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