Night of Truth (2004)
- Original title
- La nuit de la vérité
- Directed by
- Fanta Régina Nacro
- Genre
- drama, romance
- Country
- Burkina Faso, France
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
After a decade of brutal war between two ethnic groups, a leader invites the opposing president to a peace ceremony. Old wounds and simmering anger threaten the fragile truce over the course of one night.
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What happens
Night of Truth (French: La nuit de la vérité) is a 2004 French/Burkinabe film, the first full-length film by director Fanta Régina Nacro. Set in a fictional West-African country, this film tells the story of the night of reconciliation between two ethnic groups, the Nayak and the Bonandés. After ten years of war and much bloodshed, Théo, leader of the Bonandés, invites the Nayak president to come and make peace. However, things do not go as smoothly as planned. The film is in French and Dioula. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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