Massoud!

  • Massoud !
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2021
Format : Feature
Running time : 100 (in minutes)
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Massoud, a young and open-minded student works as a tourist guide in his spare time. He is passionate about culture and art. He is the only son of Barkaye, a respected and tolerant Imam of a small village community in the Sahel region.
His life will be turned upside down by the daily injustices he sees in his native region. The insecurity is getting out of hand. The straw that broke the camel's back will be the tragic killing of a close friend by the security forces. Little by little, Massoud gets radicalized and his discourse changes. His love affair with Flora, a journalist who came from Europe to investigate terrorism in the Sahel takes a hit, because of his growing interest in radical teachings. Massoud ends up joining a terrorist movement. The two lovers lose all contact, until the day he discovers Flora, kidnapped and jailed in one of the terrorist camp's cells along with other European nationals.
Day after day, attacks against civilians and security forces are organized and perpetrated by the terrorist leader and his henchmen. Under the cover of Islamism, the latter maintains various traffics with the help of Pascal, a European adventurer and former member of the special services. Pascal happens to find out that Flora, the journalist, is his natural daughter whom he conceived during one of his missions in the Sahel.
Paranoid and malicious, the terrorist leader Abdoulaye suspects Massoud's father of providing information to the security forces. He doesn't like the moderate speech of the imam who condemns in his sermons the attacks and the recruitment of young terrorists. The imam is a true advocate of tolerance, and gets more and more in the way of the radical terror movements.
One day, Abdoulaye decides to carry out an attack on the mosque and eliminate the moderate imam. It is to Massoud that he entrusts this task to eliminate his father.
Will Massoud accomplish his mission?

Directed by Emmanuel Rotoubam Mbaidé, the feature was shot over seven weeks in Burkina Faso. It deals with the subject of insecurity and the radicalisation of youth, through the story of a young man who becomes radicalised and ends up being recruited by an armed terrorist group. This film has been worked on with discretion due to its sensitive nature.

starring / avec
Youssouf Djaoro, Ibrahima Traoré, Yagaré Mbadiala Kouyaté, Soudouhoun Barry, Delphine Ouattara, Pascal Noyelle

a film by / un film de
Emmanuel ROTOUBAM MBAÏDÉ (Chad)

Burkina Faso / Chad, 2021, Feature Fiction, 1h40, Drama



Country of production / Pays de production : Burkina Faso
Country of the filmmaker / Pays du réalisateur : Chad / Tchad

CAST / ACTRICES-ACTEURS
Youssouf Djaoro................. Barkaye, The Imam / Barkaye, L'imam du village
Ibrahima Traoré
Yagaré Mbadiala Kouyaté
Soudouhoun Barry
Delphine Ouattara
Pascal Noyelle


Director: Emmanuel ROTOUBAM Mbaidé (from Chad)
2nd Assistante DoP: Eve Nékouanodji


PRODUCTION
Semfilms (Burkina Faso)
Saï Production (Tchad)

PARTNERS / PARTENAIRES
Union européenne'projet "Jeune ambassadeur").


WEB
www.facebook.com/Massoud-102279638530710/

CONTACT - Print Copy
info(@)semfilms.org
www.facebook.com/Semfilms-Productions-sarl-210356246396999/




FESTIVALS / AWARDS

* Selection /// Festival L'Afrique Fait Son Cinéma - AFSC 2022 (PARIS, France) | 30 Sep to 08 Oct 2022 | Cinéma Champs-Élysées

* Grand prix du meilleur film fiction (International Competition) /// 13th Festival International du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel du Burundi (FESTICAB).

* Jury Special Mention /// 25th Zanzibar International Film Festival - ZIFF 2022 (18-26 June 2022)

* In Official competition /// 22nd Khouribga International African Film Festival - FICAK 2022 (May 28 - June 4, 2022) (Morocco, 2022)

* Opening Film /// Festival Ciné Droit Libre - Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, 2021)

* Selection /// Abidjan Festival Ciné Droit Libre (Côte d'Ivoire, 2021)

* In Official competition - section Perspectives (Premiere: on Sunday 17 October, 4PM, Salle du Petit Méliès / Institut Français de Ouagadougou) /// FESPACO 2021 (Burkina Faso, 2021)

* In Official competition /// Luxor African Film Festival - LAFF 2021 (Egypte, 2021)


LINKS / LIENS
- www.facebook.com/Massoud-102279638530710/
- www.facebook.com/Saï-production-800540120044642/
- www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063919123584
- www.facebook.com/Semfilms-Productions-sarl-210356246396999/
- www.alwihdainfo.com/Tchad-Massoud-le-nouveau-film-captivant-d-Emmanuel-Rotoubam-Mbaide_a111557.html


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