5 Movies Starring Aèssa Maèga

Bamako

Bamako

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-10-18

Languages:

French, Bambara, English, Hebrew

Countries:

Mali, USA, France

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (996 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Bamako. Melè is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house they share with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF whom they blame for Africa's woes... Amidst the pleas and the testimonies, life goes on in the courtyard. Chaka does not seem to be concerned by this novel Africa's desire to fight for its rights...

Black and White

Black and White

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-01-11

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (423 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Giulia Calenda

Cristina Comencini

Maddalena Ravagli

Fullplot:

An italian engineer and a beautiful black woman both married had an affair turning his life's into a hard forbidden romance.

Aya of Yop City

Aya of Yop City

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-07-17

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

84 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (162 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Marguerite Abouet (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Love stories in Yopougon, a neighborhood of the Ivory Coast capital.

Aujourd'hui

Aujourd'hui

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-01-09

Languages:

French, Wolof

Countries:

France, Senegal

Runtime:

86 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (155 Reviews)

Director:

Alain Gomis

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Alain Gomis (screenplay)

Djolof Mbengue (screenplay)

Marc Wels (collaboration)

Fullplot:

Anything for Alice

Anything for Alice

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-01-22

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (273 Reviews)

Director:

Nicolas Cuche

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Sabrina Amara (dialogue)

Eric Jehelmann (original idea)

Laurent Turner (original idea)

Fullplot:

Slacker Max fell so hard for single mother Alice in college that he developed a website aimed at winning her heart. Years later, after his venture has earned him millions of dollars, Max risks his entire fortune performing an ever more complicated series of social contortions to get close to Alice, now a politically motivated factory worker.

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