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Tilai (The Law) (1990)

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Release Date: Sep 8, 1990 Wide

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The unbending nature of village law wreaks havoc upon an all-too human family in this unusual film from the tiny nation of Burkina Faso. In the story, a young man has fallen in love with and become affianced to a young woman, which is not too strange. But then his father swiftly exercises his customary parental prerogatives, and marries the girl instead. Now the boy's fiancee has officially become his mother, and his father's second wife. The distraught lovers run away together, but are actively

Unrated, 1 hr. 21 min.

Drama

Idrissa Ouedraogo

Oct 24, 1995

Les Films de l'Avenir

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  • The Law (Tilai) (DE)
  • The Law (Tilai) (CA)
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