Nuit de la Verite, La
- Alternative title
- Night of Truth, The
- Synopsis
- Feature film. A parable set in a fictitious West African country rent by 10 years of tribal conflict between the ruling Nayak and the rebel Bonande. The director has stated that she saw Shakespearean overtones in her attempts to universalise the tragedy of civil war. Some critics have particularised this belief and have seen Mark Antony in the figure of Colonel Theo, a flawed military hero. The many references relating food and mutilation have forged comparisons with Titus Andronicus and the overriding theme of war, peace, and reconciliation through suffering, extreme violence and death can be seen as Shakespearean themes.
- Language
- French (Standard)
- Country
- Burkina Faso; France
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 2004
- Duration
- 99 mins
Credits
- Director
- Fanta Régina Nacro
- Producer
- Claire-Agnes Lajournard; Fanta Régina Nacro
- Cinematographer
- Nara Keo Kosal
- Screenplay
- Fanta Gautron; Fanta Régina Nacro
- Music
- Nicholas Becker
- Art Direction
- Bill Marnadou Traore
- Cast
Adama Ouedraougo President Miossoune Georgette Pare Souman Moussa Cisse Colonel Theo Naky Sy Savane Edna Rasmane Ouedraougo Tomota
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The Bonande and the Nayaks are also differentiated by the language they speak - Dioula and Moore, the two main tongues of Burkino Faso. When they have to communicate with each other they have to use French, the language of the former colonial power.
- General
- The first sub-Sharan feature film to be directed by a woman.
- Awards
- Nominated for Grand Prix, Paris Film Festival 2005. Won Best New Screenwriter, San Sebastian International Film Festival, 2005 (Nacro and Gautron).
- Reviews
- Philip Kemp, ‘Blood Meridian’, Sight and Sound, vol. 15, no. 9 September 2005 pp46-7
Production Company
- Name
Acrobates Films
- Address
- France
- Name
Films du Defi
- Address
- France
- Name
France 3 Cinema
- Address
- France
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
BFI Video
- video.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8957
- Fax
- 020 7957 8968
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Retail outlets
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Nuit de la Verite, La". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37653 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)