S. Pierre Yameogo
Director
Silmandé - Tourbillon (1998)
In a fictional West African town, black-on-black political corruption exists "from the bedroom to the president's palace" as a mother fights for custody of her child, and a money-laundering scheme determines a government rice contract.
Keywords: mdblist.three-actors, imdb.ignorance, imdb.child-custody, imdb.west-africa, imdb.witness-to-a-traffic-death, imdb.traffic-death, imdb.brother-brother-relationship + 26 more, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.women-s-rights-center, imdb.tragic-event, imdb.drug-deal, imdb.bureaucracy, imdb.absurd-comedy, imdb.director-writer, imdb.government-rice-contract, imdb.satire-comedy, imdb.second-class-citizen, imdb.politics, imdb.women-s-rights, imdb.bribery, imdb.lebanese-merchant, imdb.con-artist, imdb.africa-for-africans, imdb.fictional-town, imdb.arrogance, imdb.african-politics, imdb.black-on-black-esploitation, imdb.culture-clash, imdb.black-businessman, imdb.money-laundering, imdb.corruption, imdb.melodrama, imdb.corrupt-bureaucracy
Country: Burkina Faso
Production Country:
Burkina Faso
Languages:
French
Recommendations
Runtime: 85 min.
Released: Jan. 2, 1998
Status: Released
Certification: NR