Yeelen

AKA:

Brightness

Brightness

Release Date:

Sep 13, 1987

Running Time:

1:55

Genre:

Fantasy

Director:

Souleymane Cisse

Cast:

Issiaka Kane	Niankoro, le fils
Niamanto Sanogo	Soma le pere/Djigui the twin
Aoua Sangare	Attou, la jeune femme Peul
Ballamoussaa Keita	Rouma Boll, le roi Peul
Soumba Traore	Mah, la mere
Ismaila Sarr	Bofing, l'oncle
Youssouf Tenin Cissé	Le petit garcon d'Attou
Koke Sangare	Le chef de Komo

Language:

French

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More Yeelen Pictures

In the 13th century, Niankoro is born to the shaman Soma, who fears his offspring's magical powers. Niankoro flees with his mother and masters his skills while staying ahead of his father's attempts to track him down. Setting off on a journey to ask his uncle, Djigui Diarra, for advice, Niankoro uses his abilities to help tribal king Rouma Boll defeat a neighboring tribe, thereby earning the king's friendship.

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