''Wùlu, the Malian Scarface'' is a 2016 Malian crime drama film directed by Marseille-born French-Malian director Daouda Coulibaly and co-produced by Éric Névé and Oumar Sy. The film stars
Ibrahim Koma
Ibrahim Koma (born 5 November 1987) is a French actor. He began his career as a child actor in the film ''We Need a Holiday'' (2002) and the soap opera ''Sous le soleil'' (2002–2008). He has since starred in the films ''Asphalt Playground'' (20 ...
and
Inna Modja
Inna Bocoum, also known as Inna Modja (born May 19, 1984), is a Malian-French female singer and model. "Modja" means "bad, not good" in Fulfulde.The actual word in the Fula language (Fulfulde) is ''moÆ´Æ´a'', being a negative form from the root '' ...
with
Quim Gutiérrez
Joaquim "Quim" Gutiérrez Ylla (; born 27 March 1981) is a Spanish actor. He won the 2006 Goya Award for Best New Actor for his performance in ''Dark Blue Almost Black''.
Life and career
Joaquim Gutiérrez Ylla was born in Barcelona on 27 Ma ...
,
Olivier Rabourdin
Olivier Rabourdin (born 3 March 1959) is a French film actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1985. In 2010 he was nominated for a French César Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle) ...
, and Ndiaye Ismaël in supporting roles. The film is about Ladji, a 20-year-old van driver in Mali who becomes a West African drug lord during the 2012
Mali War
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, partof = the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel and the War on terror
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. He started committing crimes so that his older sister could quit working as a prostitute.
The film received critics acclaim and screened worldwide. The film premiered at the 2016 Angouleme Film Festival. The next year, lead actor Ibrahim Koma won the Best Actor Award at FESPACO 2017.
Originally the shooting was planned in Mali, but later relocated to
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
for security reasons after the Bamako attack occurred in November 2015. Then the film was shot in
Thiès
Thiès (; ar, ثيس, Ṯyass; Noon: ''Chess'') is the third largest city in Senegal with a population officially estimated at 320,000 in 2005. It lies east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-L ...
, Senegal.
Cast
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Ibrahim Koma
Ibrahim Koma (born 5 November 1987) is a French actor. He began his career as a child actor in the film ''We Need a Holiday'' (2002) and the soap opera ''Sous le soleil'' (2002–2008). He has since starred in the films ''Asphalt Playground'' (20 ...
as Ladji
*
Inna Modja
Inna Bocoum, also known as Inna Modja (born May 19, 1984), is a Malian-French female singer and model. "Modja" means "bad, not good" in Fulfulde.The actual word in the Fula language (Fulfulde) is ''moÆ´Æ´a'', being a negative form from the root '' ...
as Aminata
*
Quim Gutiérrez
Joaquim "Quim" Gutiérrez Ylla (; born 27 March 1981) is a Spanish actor. He won the 2006 Goya Award for Best New Actor for his performance in ''Dark Blue Almost Black''.
Life and career
Joaquim Gutiérrez Ylla was born in Barcelona on 27 Ma ...
as Rafael
*
Olivier Rabourdin
Olivier Rabourdin (born 3 March 1959) is a French film actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1985. In 2010 he was nominated for a French César Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle) ...
as Jean-François
* Ndiaye Ismaël as Zol
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Habib Dembélé as Issiaka
* Jean-Marie Traoré as Houphouët
* Ndiaye Mariame as Assitan
References
External links
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Malian drama films
2016 films
2016 crime drama films
African crime films
Films set in Mali
Films set in Senegal
Films shot in Senegal
French drama films
Senegalese drama films
2010s French films
{{Best Film Screenplay at the Africa International Film Festival, state=expanded