Adanggaman

Adanggaman
Directed by	Roger Gnoan M'Bala
Produced by	Tiziana Soudani
Written by	Jean-Marie Adiaffi, Bertin Akaffou
Music by	Lokua Kanza
Cinematography	Mohammed Soudani
Edited by	Monica Goux
Distributed by	New Yorker Films (USA)
Release dates	September 21, 2001 (Italy)
Country	Côte d'Ivoire Burkina Faso Switzerland Italy France
Language	Bambara, Baoulé, French

Andanggaman is a 2000 Ivorian, Burkinabé, French, Swiss and Italian historical drama film directed by Roger Gnoan M'Bala.

Plot

In West Africa during the late 17th century, King Adanggaman leads a war against his neighboring ethnic groups, ordering his soldiers to torch enemy villages, kill the elderly and capture the healthy to sell to the European slave traders. When his village falls prey to one of Adanggaman's attacks, Ossei manages to escape, but his family is murdered except for his captured mother. Chasing after the soldiers in an effort to free her, Ossei is befriended by a fierce warrior named Naka.

Cast

• Rasmane Ouedraogo ... Adanggaman
• Albertine N'Guessan ... Mo Akassi
• Ziable Honoré Goore Bi ... Ossei
• Bintou Bakayoko ... Ehua
• Nicole Suzis Menyeng ... Adjo
• Mireille Andrée Boti ... Mawa
• Tie Dijian Patrick ... Kanga
• Lou Nadège Blagone ... Safo Aboua
• Didier Grandidier ... Bangalajan
• Mylène-Perside Boti Kouame ... Naka
• Étienne Goheti Bi Gore ... Poro
• Zie Soro ... Sory
• Sie Lou Chantal ... Amazon
• Sokpo Germaine ... Amazon
• Bi Cécile ... Amazon

Awards

In 2000, Andanggaman won the Best Actor and Special Jury Award at the Amiens International Film Festival. The following year it won the Special Jury Award at the Marrakech International Film Festival and the awards for Best Actress and Best Cinematography at the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival.

External links

• Andanggaman at IMDb