Dakan (1997)
- Directed by
- Mohamed Camara
- Genre
- drama film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Guinea, France
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Two young men in Guinea fall in love. They face pressure from family and society to give up their relationship.
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What happens
Dakan (Destiny) is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Mohamed Camara. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Telling the story of two young men struggling with their love for each other, it has been described as the first West African feature film to deal with homosexuality. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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