''The Heart's Cry'' (french: Le Cri du cœur) is a
1994
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Burkinabé/
French
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drama film directed by
Idrissa Ouedraogo.
Plot
Moctar is a young boy who, although born in France, has grown up in
Mali. At the age of eleven, he moves with his family to live in
Paris. Moctar struggles to adjust to life in France, and is homesick for Africa. He begins to see visions of a
hyena
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in the street. When he tells people, nobody believes him. He is laughed at by his schoolmates and sent to the school psychologist. He meets a man in the street called Paulo who helps Moctar to understand his visions.
Cast
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Richard Bohringer as Paulo
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Saïd Diarra as Moctar
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Félicité Wouassi as Saffi
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Alex Descas
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He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, app ...
as Ibrahim Sow
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Clémentine Célarié as Deborah
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* Jean-Yves Anis (born 1980), French footballer
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as Paul Guerin
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Cheik Doukouré
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Personal life
He was born in 1943 in ...
as Mamadou
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Adama Ouédraogo
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as Adama
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Music
* "Ginette", a song by Têtes Raides.
* "Ginette", a song by Beau Dommage.
People
* Ginette Leclerc (1912–1992), French actress
* Ginette Mathiot (born 1946), French chef
* Ginette Moulin, French billionaire heiress
* ...
as Firmine
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Adama Kouyaté
Adama Kouyaté (1928 – 14 February 2020) was a Malian photographer.
Biography
In 1944, Kouyaté went to Bamako to look for a job. He entered the Photo Hall Soudanais, the first photographic studio in Mali, and subsequently founded the Photo H ...
as Grandfather
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Valérie Gil
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as Miss Romand
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Grégoire Le Du
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as Olivier
Reception
It won the OCIC Award - Honorable Mention at the 1994
Venice Film Festival.
References
External links
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1994 films
1994 drama films
Films directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo
French drama films
1990s French-language films
Burkinabé drama films
1990s French films
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