Yeelen | Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare

Yeelen | Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare | Yeelen's OK

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Yeelen

	Yeelen Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare Kino Video, 2003 average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Into the Light

Note: Original language is Bambara (African dialect) with English subtitles.

Yeelen (meaning 'brightness') is a mythic tale from Africa dealing with the spiritual forces of good and evil, darkness and light, as embodied in the form of a father and son.

Nianankoro is a young sorcerer from a long family line of sorcerers. His estranged, malevolent Father is on his way from a neighboring village to find and kill his son. Nianankoro leaves his home and travels across the stark, arid West African landscape in search of his Uncle, his Father's twin brother, in the hope that he will be able to help him defeat his Father in magical combat.

Yeelen is an excellent movie, but it isn't a film for everyone. If you're interested in magic, sorcery and the mystical traditions of other cultures you will find this film absolutely fascinating and informative. If you enjoyed Peter Weir's: 'The Last Wave' you will definitely appreciate Souleymane Cisse's: 'Yeelen.'

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Yeelen's OK

Very good production values, but the plot is thin. Except for the setting and costumes, nothing particularly African in the film thematically. Interesting to watch and good musical score, but not the great movie it has been called, and certainly not a world classic.

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