Wùlu Explained

Wùlu
Director:Daouda Coulibaly
Music:Eric Neveux
Cinematography:Pierre Milon
Editing:Julien Leloup
Runtime:95 minutes
Gross:$37,765

Wùlu, the Malian Scarface is a 2016 Malian crime drama film directed by Marseille-born French-Malian director Daouda Coulibaly and co-produced by Éric Névé and Oumar Sy.[1] [2] The film stars Ibrahim Koma and Inna Modja with Quim Gutiérrez, Olivier Rabourdin, and Ndiaye Ismaël in supporting roles.[3] [4] The film is about Ladji, a 20-year-old van driver in Mali who becomes a West African drug lord during the 2012 Mali War.[5] He started committing crimes so that his older sister could quit working as a prostitute.[6]

The film received critics acclaim and screened worldwide.[7] [8] The film premiered at the 2016 Angouleme Film Festival.[9] The next year, lead actor Ibrahim Koma won the Best Actor Award at FESPACO 2017.[10] [11]

Originally the shooting was planned in Mali, but later relocated to Senegal for security reasons after the Bamako attack occurred in November 2015.[12] Then the film was shot in Thiès, Senegal.[13]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Coop . Studio . Wulu, the Malian Scarface . 2021-10-02 . Courmayeur Noir in Festival . en.
  2. Web site: Film: "Wulu": Columbia Global Centers . 2021-10-02 . globalcenters.columbia.edu.
  3. Web site: Wùlu, by Daouda Coulibaly: Institut français . 2021-10-02 . www.institutfrancais.com . en.
  4. Web site: AlloCine . Wùlu . 2021-10-02 . fr.
  5. Web site: Wùlu: African Film Festival, Inc. . 2021-10-02 . en-US.
  6. Web site: Wùlu: New Directors/New Films . 2021-10-02 . Film at Lincoln Center . en.
  7. Web site: Wùlu . 2021-10-02 . en.
  8. Web site: Hoeij . Boyd van . 2016-09-26 . ‘Wulu’: Film Review . 2021-10-02 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  9. Web site: 'Wulu': Film Review. Boyd. van Hoeij. The Hollywood Reporter. 26 September 2016. 10 October 2021.
  10. Web site: Cinéma : Wùlu, le film africain sur le trafic de drogue qui séduit les festivals du monde entier – Jeune Afrique . 2021-10-02 . JeuneAfrique.com . fr-FR.
  11. Web site: 2017-03-04 . Le bonheur pour "Félicité" et le réalisateur Alain Gomis au Fespaco . 2021-10-02 . La Voix du Nord . fr.
  12. Web site: AfricaNews . 2017-03-03 . FESPACO: Malian film 'Wulu' premieres . 2021-10-02 . Africanews . en.
  13. Web site: 2016-08-27 . Invité Afrique - Daouda Coulibaly: "Le trafic de cocaïne a déstabilisé tout le Mali" . 2021-10-02 . RFI . fr.

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