{"id":26375,"date":"2026-02-20T23:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?p=26375"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:16:00","slug":"samba-traore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/samba-traore\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMBA TRAORE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26376\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/samba-traore-poster-250x334.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/samba-traore-poster-250x334.jpg 250w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/samba-traore-poster-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/samba-traore-poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">COMING\u00a0 TO THEATERS IN 2026 BEFORE A DIGITAL RELEASE.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>SAMBA TRAORE<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">| 1992, re-released in 2026 (Digitally Restored Version) \u2013 85\u2032 \u2013 A Burkina Faso\/France\/Switzerland co-production, Drama, Classics, Co-Produced by France.<br \/>\nWritten by: Idrissa Ouedraogo.<br \/>\nDirected by:\u00a0Idrissa Ouedraogo.<br \/>\nStarring:\u00a0Mariam Kaba,\u00a0Bakary Sangar\u00e9,\u00a0Abdoulaye Komboudri,\u00a0Ir\u00e8ne Tassembedo, Moumouni Compaore,\u00a0Krin Casimir Traore.<br \/>\nIn\u00a0More, Dyula, French\u00a0with English subtitles.<br \/>\nOfficial Selection Berlin International Film Festival 1993 (Winner Silver Bear).<br \/>\nA Film Movement release. |<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">The only surviving accomplice of a gas station robbery gone bad, Samba Traor\u00e9 flees the scene of the crime with a suitcase full of cash for his native village in rural Burkina Faso. There he attempts to make a fresh start while hiding how he came by his new fortune from those around him. Despite marrying the beautiful Saratou, earning the affection of her ten-year-old son, and opening a bar with his childhood friend, Samba\u2019s newfound happiness is put to the test as he struggles to cope with the moral crisis of his crimes.\u00a0Considered a masterpiece of West African cinema \u2013 and recently named one of the top 10 films of all time in Luca Guadagnino&#8217;s Sight and Sound list \u2013\u00a0Samba Traor\u00e9\u00a0is a \u201ctaut study of guilt\u201d (Film Comment), wrestling with both Samba\u2019s desire for redemption and his fear of retribution. Silver Bear-winning filmmaker Idrissa Ou\u00e9draogo\u2019s empathetic direction imbues the story with \u201cextraordinary humility\u201d (The New York Times), recognizing in Samba the many contradictions of modern life in Burkina Faso.\u00a0Samba Traor\u00e9\u00a0was selected for Locarno Heritage Online&#8217;s Histoire(s) du Cin\u00e9ma restoration program.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMING\u00a0 TO THEATERS IN 2026 BEFORE A DIGITAL RELEASE. SAMBA TRAORE | 1992, re-released in 2026 (Digitally Restored Version) \u2013 85\u2032 \u2013 A Burkina Faso\/France\/Switzerland co-production, Drama, Classics, Co-Produced by France. Written by: Idrissa Ouedraogo. Directed by:\u00a0Idrissa Ouedraogo. Starring:\u00a0Mariam Kaba,\u00a0Bakary Sangar\u00e9,\u00a0Abdoulaye Komboudri,\u00a0Ir\u00e8ne Tassembedo, Moumouni Compaore,\u00a0Krin Casimir Traore. In\u00a0More, Dyula, French\u00a0with English subtitles. Official Selection Berlin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,24,127,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coming-soon","category-classic","category-co-produced-by-france","category-drama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26375"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26378,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26375\/revisions\/26378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}