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Burkina Faso10 Essential Films from Burkina FasoStop 6 of 10

Eye of the Storm

L'Œil du cyclone

2015

At a war-crimes tribunal in an unnamed African country, an idealistic young defense lawyer takes on the case of a former rebel commander reviled as an inhuman monster, digging into the past that made him. A searching legal drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Burkina Faso

This film is stop 6 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Burkina Faso. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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