Filmed in the African country of Mali, Yeelen (Brightness) weaves several Kenyan folk stories into an engaging framework. The hero is a young boy whose father is an evil magician. Marked for death by his long-absent papa, the boy bids goodbye to his mother and heads for the hills. En route to his ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 1987 | Running Time: 106 minutes
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- Issiaka Kane - Nianankoro
- Niamanto Sanogo - Soma
- Youssouf Tenin Cisse - Le petit garcon d'Attou
- Balla Moussa Keita - Rouma Boll, the king Peul
- Soumba Traore - Mah, the mother
- Souleymane Coumare
- Brehima Doumbia
- Souleymane Cisse - Director
- Souleymane Cisse - Producer
- Souleymane Cisse - Screenwriter
- André Davanture - Editor
- Salif Keita - Composer (Music Score)
- Michel Portal - Composer (Music Score)
- Jean-Noel Ferragut - Cinematographer
- Jean-Michel Humeau - Cinematographer
- Frederic Duru - Special Effects
- Daniel Ollivier - Sound/Sound Designer






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