A bout de souffle

  • A bout de souffle
© waati films
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2019
Format : Feature
Running time : 80 (in minutes)

MALIK, a former gangster, fights to stay on the right track until the day when COULIO reappears, his former sidekick. Then follows the descent into hell for him. After being fired, his mother fell seriously ill and hospitalized. Unfortunately the fees charged by the clinic are enormous for MALIK. He falls back on COULIO hoping to have his help but the latter suggests that he join his gang for the robbery of a bank. Malik is trapped. He who has changed his life and who flees his past as a gangster is torn between two feelings, that of staying on the right track or switching to the dark side.

A film by Oumar DAGNON

Burkina Faso, 2019, Fiction, 1h20, drama

starring Issaka Sawadogo, Yéri Josiane Hien, Mose Tiemtore

Summary for official catalogues

MALIK, ancien gangster de son état, se bat pour demeurer sur le droit chemin jusqu'au jour où réapparaît COULIO son acolyte d'antan.

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