ADANGGAMAN

Adanggaman

a film by Roger Gnoan M’Bala
France, Switzerland, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Italy 2000; 35mm; o.v. Gouro, More, Senoufo; sbt. French, English, Italian; 90′

Festival & Awards

Festival du Cinéma Africain, Khouribga, Maroc 2002 – Best original music Award
Amiens 2000 – Jury Special Award and best actor Award to Ziable Honoré Goore Bi
1st Festival de Marrakech, 2001 – Jury Grand Prix Award
Festival Panafricain, Fespaco, Ouagadougou 2001 – Best cinematography Award to Mohammed Soudani, best actress Award to Albertine N’Guessan
Venice International film Festival, Venice 2000
Toronto international film festival, 2000
Black Movie, Geneva 2002

Synopsis

17th Century, West Africa. In a typical village on the so-called Slave Coast, the old chief N’Go insists that his son Ossei marry the daughter of a rich family. Unable to be with the girl he truly loves, the rebellious Ossei decides to leave the village. That night, Ossei’s village is burned and pillaged. Many are killed, while the others are taken prisoner. The bloody massacre is not executed by European slave traders, but by the Amazon warriors of the neighboring tyrant Adanggaman. When Ossei returns to his destroyed village, he discovers that both his father and girlfriend have been killed. He rushes to search for his missing mother Mo Akassi. Ossei catches up with the captured villagers led by the cruel Amazons on the difficult voyage toward Adanggaman’s kingdom. Ossei tries in vain to rescue his mother and is wounded. He finds himself among the many men, women and children in chains, humiliated and beaten like pathetic beasts. Adanggaman is filled with joy at the results of his Amazons, recent manhunt, the inhuman source of his prestige, fortune and power. It is evident that his own kingdom has not escaped the hands of European slave traders by accident…

Credits

HD Pictures