The Night Of Truth was conceived in memory of director Fanta Regina Nacro's uncle, accused of inciting a coup, and subsequently murdered. Set in an unnamed African country, events occur after a bitter civil war between the ruling Nayak tribe and their rivals, the Bonandes, who, ten years prior, had attempted a military coup. Now a truce has finally been agreed and a conciliatory feast is to be held in the Bonande quarters. But as the night of the feast draws ever closer, memories, reservations
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TILAI (1990)
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A powerful and hard-edged film, set in a small African village, following the conflict and divides that spring up between villagers when a son returns, after two years away, to find that his father has married his fiancee. The rules of the society become dangerously tested. Superb drama.
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