Toula ou Le génie des eaux

Toula ou Le génie des eaux
Directed by Moustapha Alassane
Produced by RTF Banca del Niger
Written by Moustapha Alassane
Starring Solange Delanne
Isaa Bania
Parfait Kondo
Sotigui Kouyaté
Damouré Zika
Music by Sotigui Kouyaté
Edited by Danièle Tessier
Distributed by Marfilmes
Release dates
1973
Running time
76 minutes
Country Niger
Language French

Toula ou Le génie des eaux is a 1973 drama film directed by Moustapha Alassane.

Synopsis

The gods have cursed the country with a drought. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king demands the sacrifice of a young woman to appease to the gods. Toula is chosen to be sacrificed. A young man in love who is in love with Toula goes in search of water to save his beloved from her fate, but when he returns with good news, he finds that he is too late: Toula has already disappeared in the holy swamp and the gods have been thus appeased.

Moustapha Alassane tackles the issue of the drought in Niger through a traditional story. The film was forbidden for some time in Niger.[1]

Based on a Boubou Hama novel.

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  1. "Toula ou Le génie des eaux". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-15.
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