Le Sixième doigt (1990)
Directed by Henri Duparc

Drama

Film Synopsis

In 1956, before African independence, there is a small village where tradition and colonialism live side by side.  Kwao is a war veteran who, after a disastrous marriage with a white woman, has waited ten years for his second wife to give him a child.  But when the child is born it has six fingers on each hand...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Henri Duparc
  • Script: Henri Duparc
  • Cinematographer: Bernard Déchet
  • Music: Pascal Leibel, Alain Seror
  • Cast: Bamba Bakari (Kwao), Naki Sy Savane (Ya), Jean Carmet (Le commandant), Patrick Chesnais (Simon), Catherine Lachens (Carole), Christine Pascal (Viviane), Zoumana Gbizie (Amoa), Gabriel Zahon (Opaley), Tano Kouaho (Yao), Albertine N'Guessan (Sépou), Jean-François Eyou (Brou)
  • Country: Ivory Coast / France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min

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