Brightness

IMDb link: 0094349
IMDb rating: 6.9 (3,005 votes)
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Director: Souleymane Cissé
Cast: Balla Moussa Keita, Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo and others

Release date: 2 Dec 1987
Release year: 1987
Runtime: 105 minutes
Country: Mali, France, Burkina Faso, West Germany, Japan
Keywords: sorcerer, animal on fire, sahel, animal sacrifice, 13th century, mali empire, curse, blind man, twin brother, albino

Plot:

The young Nianankoro will receive the ancestral knowledge of the Bambara, enabling him to master the forces around him. But his father does not accept him as an equal. Nianankoro must flee his wrath and embark on a journey of initiation to gain his new powers, before the inevitable confrontation with his father.

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