Cast

Fatoumata Diawara Sotigui Kouyaté Habib Dembélé Hamadoun Kassogué Ibrahim Baba Cissé Kardigué Laïco Traoré

Credits

Written by: Moussa Diagana

Plot

In a kingdom, a young woman is chosen as a sacrifice to a python, and she decides to resist, setting her people against the king's tradition.

Sinekatalog’s take

A fable-like West African drama with strong political echoes.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (173 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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