Yeelen

Yeelen
VHS cover
Directed by	Souleymane Cissé
Produced by	Souleymane Cissé
Written by	Souleymane Cissé
Starring	Issiaka Kane Aoua Sangare Niamanto Sanogo
Music by	Salif Keita Michel Portal
Cinematography	Jean-Noël Ferragut Jean-Michel Humeau
Release dates	May 1987 (premiere at Cannes) 14 April 1989 (USA, limited)
Running time	105 min.
Country	Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany
Language	Bambara, Fula

Yeelen (Bambara for "brightness"/"light") is a 1987 Malian film directed by Souleymane Cissé. It is filmed in the Bambara and Fula languages, and is based on a legend told by the Bambara people. Though the era is undefined, it is presumably set in the 13th century in the Mali Empire and is a heroic quest narrative featuring magic and precognition.

It stars Issiaka Kane as Nianankoro, a young African man who possesses magical powers. Niamanto Sanogo plays Niankoro's father, who is tracking his son through the Bambara, Fulani and Dogon lands of West Africa using a magical wooden post to guide him.

Yeelen was met with wide critical success, and was awarded the Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] It was also nominated for the Golden Palm award for the same year.

Cast

Issiaka Kane - Nianankoro
Aoua Sangare - Attou
Niamanto Sanogo - Soma / Djigui
Balla Moussa Keita - Rouma Boll, Fula king
Soumba Traore - Mah
Ismaila Sarr - Bofing
Youssouf Tenin Cissé - Le petit garcon d'Attou
Koke Sangare - Komo chief

Accolades

It was ranked #94 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.^[2]

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: Yeelen". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
↑ "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema | 93. The Fourth Man". Empire.

Bibliography

Samuel Lelièvre, La Lumière de Souleymane Cissé. Cinéma et Culture, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2013 (ISBN 978-2-343-00201-9).

External links

Yeelen at the Internet Movie Database
Yeelen at AllMovie
Yeelen at Film Atlas - Contains detailed plot summary.

Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize

The Battle of the Rails (1946)
All About Eve (1951)
We Are All Murderers (1952)
Knave of Hearts (1954)
Lost Continent (1955)
The Mystery of Picasso (1956)
Kanał (1957)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Mon Oncle (1958)
Stars (1959)
L'Avventura (1960)
Odd Obsession (1960)
Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
L'Eclisse (1962)
Harakiri (1963)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Kwaidan (1965)
Alfie (1966)
Z (1969)
The Falcons (1970)
The Strawberry Statement (1970)
Love (1971)
Joe Hill (1971)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
The Invitation (1973)
The Constant Factor (1980)
Kharij (1983)
Colonel Redl (1985)
Thérèse (1986)
Yeelen (1987)
Shinran: Path to Purity (1987)
A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Jesus of Montreal (1989)
Hidden Agenda (1990)
Europa (1991)
Out of Life (1991)
Dream of Light (1992)
An Independent Life (1992)
The Puppetmaster (1993)
Raining Stones (1993)
La Reine Margot (1994)
Don't Forget You're Going to Die (1995)
Carrington (1995)
Crash (1996)
Western (1997)
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The Letter (1999)
Blackboards (2000)
Songs from the Second Floor (2001)
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Tropical Malady (2004)
Shanghai Dreams (2005)
Red Road (2006)
Persepolis (2007)
Silent Light (2007)
Il Divo (2008)
Thirst (2009)
Fish Tank (2009)
A Screaming Man (2010)
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The Angels' Share (2012)
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
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Sutherland Trophy winning films

Tokyo Story (1958)
The World of Apu (1959)
L'Avventura (1960)
Il Posto (1961)
Paris Belongs to Us (1962)
Muriel (1963)
Hamlet (1964)
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1966)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
L'Amour fou (1969)
The Conformist (1970)
Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
The Hour of the Furnaces (1972)
Pirosmani (1973)
Martha (1974)
The Travelling Players (1975)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
The Scenic Route (1978)
The Herd (1979)
The Falls (1980)
Two Stage Sisters (1980)
No Mercy, No Future (1981)
Elippathayam (1982)
Sans Soleil (1983)
This Is My Country (1984)
Yellow Earth (1985)
Comrades (film) (1986)
The Terrorizers (1987)
Yeelen (1987)
Pathfinder (1989)
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1990)
On the Wire (1991)
Proof (1992)
Vacas (1993)
The Scent of Green Papaya (1994)
The Silences of the Palace (1995)
Bob's Weekend (1996)
The Life of Jesus (1997)
The Apple (1998)
Ratcatcher (1999)
You Can Count On Me (2000)
The Warrior (2001)
Carnage (2002)
Osama (2003)
Tarnation (2004)
For the Living and the Dead (2005)
Red Road (2006)
Persepolis (2007)
Tulpan (2008)
Ajami (2009)
The Arbor (2010)
Las Acacias (2011)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Ilo Ilo (2013)
The Tribe (2014)
The Witch (2015)
Raw (2016)

Souleymane Cissé

L’homme et ses idoles (short film, 1975) L’aspirant (short film, 1968) Source d’inspiration (short film, 1968) Dégal à Dialloubé (1970) Fête du Sanké (1971) Cinq jours d’une vie (1972) Den muso (1975) Baara (1978) Chanteurs traditionnels des Iles Seychelles (1978) Finye (1982) Yeelen (1987) Waati (1995) Tell Me Who You Are (2009)

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