
Beginning in South Africa under the apartheid regime, the film follows a young girl who flees the country after a violent confrontation with a local white landowner in which her father is killed. She settles in Abidjan, where, ten years later, she has become a university student. As part of her studies, she visits the Taureg tribe on the edge of the Sahara before at last returning to post-Apartheid South Africa.
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The original title is "Waati" (BM).
The runtime is 140 minutes (2h 20m).
The film features dialogue in 3 languages: Bambara, English, French.
It was a co-production between: Mali, Burkina Faso, France.
The film was directed by Souleymane Cissé.
The screenplay was written by Souleymane Cissé.
The score was composed by Bruno Coulais.
Cinematography was handled by Vincenzo Marano.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0111651.

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Waati
Released
Bamanankan, English, Français
Mali, Burkina Faso, France
