Tilaï

Infobox Film
name = Tilaï


image_size =
caption = VHS cover
director = Idrissa Ouedraogo
producer = Idrissa Ouedraogo
writer = Idrissa Ouedraogo
narrator =
starring = Rasmane Ouedraogo
music = Abdullah Ibrahim
cinematography = Pierre-Laurent Chénieux
Jean Monsigny
editing = Luc Barnier
distributor = New Yorker Films (USA)
released = September 8 1990 (premiere at TIFF)
December 5 1990 (France)
runtime = 81 mins.
country = Switzerland, United Kingdom, France, Burkina Faso, Germany
language = More
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:144287
imdb_id = 0100784

"Tilaï" ("The Law") is a 1990 award-winning Burkinabé drama film written and directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo. It premiered at the 1990 Toronto Film Festival.

Plot

Saga (Rasmane Ouedraogo) returns to his village to find that his father has married Saga's intended wife Nogma (Ina Cissé). When Saga and Nogma begin a technically incestuous affair and run away, the family falls apart.

Cast

*Rasmane Ouedraogo as Saga
*Ina Cissé as Nogma
*Roukietou Barry as Kuilga
*Assane Ouedraogo as Kougri
*Sibidou Sidibe as Poko
*Moumouni Ouedraogo as Tenga
*Mariam Barry as Bore
*Seydou Ouédraogo as Nomenaba
*Mariam Ouedraogo as Koudpoko
*Daouda Porgo as Porgo
*Kogre Warma as Maiga
*Mamadou Ganame as Ganame
*Noufou Ouédraogo as The child
*Amade Ganame as Villager
*Issaka Porgo as Villager

Awards

"Tilaï" won the Jury Grand Prize at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the 1991 Panafrican Film and Television Festival.

External links

*imdb title|0100784

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title=Grand Prix du Jury, Cannes
years=1990
tied with "The Sting of Death"
before="Cinema Paradiso" tied with
"Trop belle pour toi"
after="La belle noiseuse"