The Game (1988)
- Original title
- Le jeu
- Directed by
- Abderrahmane Sissako
- Genre
- drama, war
- Country
- Mali
- Runtime
- 23 min
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A soldier spends his last day with his family before going back to war. The local children play games that imitate the violence around them, bringing them face to face with a bleak fate.
slow-burnmelancholicsomberintimatetenderquietly devastatingunflinchingminimalist
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