The Last Judgment of Bamako
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German title | The Last Judgment of Bamako |
Original title | Bamako |
Country of production | Mali , France , USA |
original language | French , Bambara , English , Senufo , Wolof |
Publishing year | 2006 |
length | 116 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Abderrahmane Sissako |
script | Abderrahmane Sissako |
production | Abderrahmane Sissako, Denis Freyd |
camera | Jacques Besse |
cut | Nadia Ben Rachid, Pauline Casalis |
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The Bamako (Original title: Bamako ) is a French-American-Malian film drama by Abderrahmane Sissako from the year 2006 , which in Mali capital Bamako plays. The film is about a fictional process by African civil society against the World Bank and the IMF .
action
In the courtyard of a house in Bamako, representatives of African civil society from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund go through the process that they accuse of increasing poverty in Africa. Prosecutors, witnesses and defense counsel have their say. Meanwhile, everyday life goes on in the courtyard, showing the relationship between the good-looking singer Melé and her unemployed husband Chaka. Also scenes are an African emigration to Europe and one fictional, in Timbuktu playing Western shown.
Web links
- Film website (French, English)
- The Bamako in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Review of the New York Times
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Approval for The Last Judgment of Bamako . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2007 (PDF; test number: 108 880 K).