Sogo Sanon, nicknamed "Tasuma", the fighter, is a former colonial soldier who fought alongside the French army in Indochina and Algeria. After waiting years, Tasuma now has high hopes of being paid his retirement pension.
He travels to Bobo to receive his due, and on the way meets his friend Khalil, a prominent Lebanese trader. Sure of getting his pension and impatient to be of service to the village's women, he buys a motorised mill from Khalil on credit. On his return, Tasuma receives a hero's welcome. However, the promised pension does not arrive despite Tasuma's strenuous efforts to get it.

Réalisation-Directed by : Kollo Daniel Sanou
Scénario-Screenplay : Kollo Daniel Sanou
Image-Cinematography : Nara Keo Kosal
Son-Sound : Claude Hivernon
Montage-Editor : Andrée Davanture
Musique-Music : Cheick Tidiane Seck
Production: Les Films du Mogho, avec le soutien du ministère des Affaires étrangères (ADC-Sud)
Interprètes-Cast : Mamadou Zerbo (Sogo Sanon), Aï Keita (Dafra), Noufou Ouedraogo (Bakari), Serges Henri (Doba), Sonia Karen Sanou (Oumou), Stanislas Sore (Adama), Safiatou Sanou (Zoua), Khalil Raoul Besani (Khalil).

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regie: Kollo Daniel Sanou | Burkina Faso/F | 2003 | 90 min | OmdU

Sogo, ein ehemaliger Kolonialsoldat aus Burkina Faso, wartet schon viele Jahre auf seine Pension aus Frankreich. Er wird abgewiesen, weil er nicht auf der Veteranenliste steht. Mit einer List will er doch noch zu seinem Recht kommen.


FESTIVALS / AWARDS / SCREENINGS

2009 | Festival du film Francophone de Tübingen | TÜBINGEN-STUTTGART, Germany
* Filme aus Afrika (Films d'Afrique)