Mousso fariman

After 30 years Drissa Touré returns to IFFR once again, this time sharing directorial duties with Stéphane Mbanga, together they present Mousso fariman, a story of the contradictions of Burkina Faso’s society and the daily lives of women.

Cinema Regained can mean many things. In this particular case it means that cinema at large has regained a master: Drissa Touré. Two years ago, IFFR screened Salam Zampaligre’s portrait of Touré, Le Taxi, le cinéma et moi, and the two further fiction features, both dear in their days to IFFR, Laada (1991) and Haramuya (1995). The experience seems to have invigorated Touré so much that now, after thirty years (!) he has returned to filmmaking, this time sharing directorial duties with young producer-director Stéphane Mbanga. 

So, of course, IFFR honours its commitment to Touré by hosting the world premiere of Mousso fariman. It’s clear that in the decades in between Touré has not lost any of his genius, his storytelling is as crisp as ever, his sense of rhythm unerring if a bit more relaxed than in his first films, his eyes still fixed on the contradictions in Burkina Faso’s society, but this time with a strong stress on women’s daily life. What a marvel to behold!

– Olaf Möller

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