Feature film
Paweogo
Sanou Kollo · 1983
Synopsis
Paweogo (The Emigrant): Bila, a young peasant, is about to leave to work in Côte d'Ivoire. His parents entrust him with Pogbi, whom he is to take to the fiancé chosen for her and whom she has never seen; but Pogbi loves Rasmane, a blacksmith whom his caste keeps apart. The director says he wanted to show the young people who emigrate to Côte d'Ivoire that the country is not paradise.
Context
The film was produced by Cinafric, a company founded by the businessman Martial Ouédraogo to give Upper Volta a studio, set up at Kossodo, near Ouagadougou. Paweogo remains the only film of this company, which closed soon after. It was distinguished at the eighth Fespaco, in 1983. The Médiathèque des trois mondes then distributed a copy in France, with Edouard Ilboudo, Marie-Claire Coeffe and Jules Tassembedo in the cast.
Who it is for
For seeing an Upper Voltan film of the eighties on the temptation of departure among young peasants.
Prizes and reception
Sanou Kollo says this film taught him that in Africa cinema does not pay, even if it can make one famous.
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