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05/13/03
Sia, The Dream of the Python (2002)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:3
Rotten:2
Average Rating:5.5/10
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:May 24, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: After being chosen as the sacrifice to the Python God, Sia decides to escape her fate by running away.
Reviews for Sia, The Dream of the Python
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As directed by Dani Kouyate of Burkina Faso, Sia lacks visual flair. But Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast, and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie, no matter who runs them.
05/24/02
Top CriticColorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you, Burkinabe filmmaker Dani Kouyate's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory.
05/23/02
The stripped-down approach does give the film a certain timeless quality, but the measured pace and lack of dramatic inflection can also seem tedious.
05/23/02
Top CriticThe subtitled costume drama is set in a remote African empire before cell phones, guns, and the internal combustion engine, but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow.
05/21/02
Top CriticMediocre fable from Burkina Faso.
11/12/01
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