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Genesis

La genèse

1999

Inspired by the Book of Genesis, this drama stages the bitter feud between the clans of the herder Jacob and the hunter Esau, and the cycle of vengeance and reconciliation that binds them. A stark, ceremonial African epic.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Mali

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