Samba Traore

Directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Film Movement Classics
1992
85 Minutes
Burkina Faso, France, Switzerland
More, Dyula, French
Drama, Classics, Black Cinema
Not Rated
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Mono
Theatrical booking
Erin Farrell
erin@filmmovement.com
Festival and non-theatrical booking
Erin Farrell
erin@filmmovement.com
Materials and print traffic
Erin Farrell
erin@filmmovement.com

Synopsis

In Idrissa Ouédraogo's classic drama, two men commit a crime at a service station. One of them is killed, the other, Samba, flees with a suitcase full of banknotes. Samba returns to his village where he begins a new life… But does one ever forget the past which hunts us? This new 4K restoration by the Locarno Film Festival and Cinegrell Zurich of Samba Traoré, a tense and visually rich modern noir classic from Burkina Faso, was selected as one of the ten best restorations of 2024 by Film Comment and, in 2022, one of the 10 greatest films of all time by none other than Luca Guadagnino.