Night of Truth | |
Director: | Fanta Régina Nacro |
Producer: | Claire Lajoumard Fanta Régina Nacro |
Starring: | Moussa Cissé Adama Ouédraogo Naky Sy Savané |
Music: | Sami Rama Troupe Naba Yaadega |
Cinematography: | Nara Keo Kosal |
Editing: | Andreé Davanture |
Distributor: | Acrobates Films Global Film Initiative |
Runtime: | 100 minutes |
Country: | Burkina Faso France |
Language: | Dioula French |
Night of Truth (French: La nuit de la vérité) is a 2004 French/Burkinabe film, the first full-length film by director Fanta Régina Nacro. Set in a fictional West-African country, this film tells the story of the night of reconciliation between two ethnic groups, the Nayak and the Bonandés. After ten years of war and much bloodshed, Théo, leader of the Bonandés, invites the Nayak president to come and make peace. However, things do not go as smoothly as planned. The film is in French and Dioula.