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Andanggaman
Directed by	Roger Gnoan M'Bala
Produced by	Tiziana Soudani
Written by	Jean-Marie Adiaffi, Bertin Akaffou
Music by	Lokua Kanza
Cinematography	Mohammed Soudani
Editing by	Monica Goux
Distributed by	New Yorker Films (USA)
Release date(s)	September 21, 2001 (Italy)
Country	Burkina Faso; Switzerland; Italy; France
Language	French, Bambara

Andanggaman is a 2000 French, Burkinabé, Swiss and Italian historical drama film directed by Roger Gnoan M'Bala.

[edit] Plot

In West Africa during the late 17th century, King Adanggaman leads a war against his neighboring ethnic groups, ordering his soldiers to torch enemy villages, kill the elderly and capture the healthy to sell to the European slave traders. When his village falls prey to one of Adanggaman's attacks, Ossei manages to escape, but his family is murdered except for his captured mother. Chasing after the soldiers in an effort to free her, Ossei is befriended by a fierce warrior named Naka.

[edit] Cast

Rasmane Ouedraogo ... Adanggaman
Albertine N'Guessan ... Mo Akassi
Ziable Honoré Goore Bi ... Ossei
Bintou Bakayoko ... Ehua
Nicole Suzis Menyeng ... Adjo
Mireille Andrée Boti ... Mawa
Tie Dijian Patrick ... Kanga
Lou Nadège Blagone ... Safo Aboua
Didier Grandidier ... Bangalajan
Mylène-Perside Boti Kouame ... Naka
Étienne Goheti Bi Gore ... Poro
Zie Soro ... Sory
Sie Lou Chantal ... Amazon
Sokpo Germaine ... Amazon
Bi Cécile ... Amazon

[edit] Awards

In 2000, Andanggaman won the Best Actor and Special Jury Award at the Amiens International Film Festival. The following year it won the Special Jury Award at the Marrakech International Film Festival and the awards for Best Actress and Best Cinematography at the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival.^[1]