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WÙLU

by Daouda Coulibaly

synopsis

Bamako, Mali, 2007. Ladji, a 20 year old man, works hard as a prantiké (bus driver) to get out his older sister, Aminata, from prostitution.As he doesn’t get the promotion he was expecting, he decides to contact Driss, a drug dealer who owes him a favour. Assisted by his two mischievous friends Houphouet and Zol, Ladji carries kilos of cocaine from Conakry to Bamako. His rapid rise to the top of the drug trafficking underworld, gives him easy access to money, women and a life that he had never dreamt of. But the price to pay is high.

international title: Wùlu
original title: Wùlu
working title: Ladji Nye
country: France, Senegal
sales agent: Indie Sales
year: 2016
genre: fiction
directed by: Daouda Coulibaly
screenplay: Daouda Coulibaly
cast: Ibrahim Koma, Inna Modja, Ismaël Ndiaye, Jean-Marie Traoré, Quim Gutiérrez, Habib Dembélé, Mariame N'Diaye, Olivier Rabourdin, Ibrahima Mbaye
cinematography by: Pierre Milon
film editing: Julien Leloup
music: Éric Neveux
producer: Eric Névé
production: La Chauve Souris, Astou Films (SN)
distributor: Orange Studio

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