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Guimba the Tyrant

Name: Guimba the Tyrant
Released: 1995

Guimba, un tyran une époque

1995

In a mythical Sahelian village, a cruel and grasping chief and his monstrous son rule by fear and caprice, until their excesses finally provoke a reckoning. A vivid, folktale-flavored Malian satire.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Mali

This film is stop 5 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Mali. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Mali in the 196 country film challenge.