''The Heart's Cry'' (french: Le Cri du cœur) is a
1994
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Burkinabé/
French drama film
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directed by
Idrissa Ouedraogo Idrissa is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
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* Idrissa Camara, Guinean-born dancer and choreographer
* Idrissa Camará (born 1992), Bissau-Guinean footballer
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Plot
Moctar is a young boy who, although born in France, has grown up in
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...
. At the age of eleven, he moves with his family to live in
Paris
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. Moctar struggles to adjust to life in France, and is homesick for Africa. He begins to see visions of a
hyena 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
Richard Bohringer (born 16 January 1942) is a French actor.
Personal life
Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier, to a French mother and a German father. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer, and has three other children, Mathieu, Richa ...
as Paulo
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Saïd Diarra as Moctar
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Félicité Wouassi
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Geography
* Félicité (island), Seychelles
* Sainte-Félicité (disambiguation)
**Sainte-Félicité, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec
** Sainte-Félicité, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
People
*Félicité Carrel
Félicité Ca ...
as Saffi
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Alex Descas as Ibrahim Sow
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Clémentine Célarié
Clémentine Célarié (born 12 October 1957) is a French actress, writer, director and singer. as Deborah
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Jean-Yves Gautier as Paul Guerin
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Cheik Doukouré
Cheik Doukouré (born 1943), is a Guinean filmmaker. He is notable as the director of critically acclaimed film ''Le Ballon d'Or''. Apart from filmmaking, he is also an actor, screenwriter and film producer.
Personal life
He was born in 1943 in ...
as Mamadou
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Adama Ouédraogo as Adama
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Ginette Fabet as Firmine
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Adama Kouyaté as Grandfather
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Valérie Gil as Miss Romand
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Grégoire Le Du as Olivier
Reception
It won the OCIC Award - Honorable Mention at the 1994
Venice Film Festival
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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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