L'éxilé (1980)
- Directed by
- Oumarou Ganda
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Nigeria
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A king disguises himself to hear his people's wishes and overhears two brothers dreaming of marrying his daughters. The king makes them marry the daughters but warns they will be beheaded after a year. One brother is executed and the other flees with the king's daughter. The second brother becomes a king in a new land but is haunted by his promise and must eventually choose between his family and his fate.
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What happens
L'Exilé est un film nigérien réalisé par Oumarou Ganda, sorti en 1980. Un roi a l’habitude de se promener déguisé par les rues de son royaume pour écouter les souhaits de son peuple. Un jour, il surprend la conversation de deux frères qui rêvent à haute voix d’épouser les filles du roi même s’ils devaient être décapités, un an plus tard. Le mariage est célébré et l’un des frères est décapité au bout d’un an. L’autre, sur l’insistance de sa femme, s’enfuit. Au cours d’un long voyage, plein d’aventures, notre héros devient à son tour roi d’un pays avec trois femmes et des sujets. Pourtant sa promesse le hante et pour sauver sa famille, il devra accepter d’être sacrifié à son tour. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Across the Niger (2004)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.