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1987, Souleymane Cissé

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Film Details

Rating

Rank

583

AKA

Brightness

Released

1987

Director

Souleymane Cissé

Starring

Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo

Countries

Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany

Genres

Fantasy / Adventure / Drama

Language

French

Color

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