Fiche Film
Cinéma/TV
LONG Métrage | 2015
Akounak Teggdalit Taha Tazoughai (Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It)
Pays concerné : Niger
Support : HD
Durée : 75 minutes
Genre : musical
Type : fiction

Français

Une histoire révolutionnaire de guitares, motos, téléphones portables et la musique d’une nouvelle génération.

Un film de Christopher Kirkley
et Jerome Fino, Mdou Moctar

USA / Niger, 2015, Fiction, 1h 15min | Drame, Musical, Romance / BluRay / Couleur / en Tamashek, avec sous-titres français / anglais / turcs / espagnols

avec Mdou Moctar, Rhaicha Ibrahim, Fatimata Falo, Ahmoudou Madassane, Abdoulaye Souleymane, Kader Tanoutanoute



Réalisateur : Christopher Kirkley
Scénaristes : Mdou Moctar, Christopher Kirkley et Jérôme Fino

Production : Sahel Sounds, L’improbable, Ténéré Films
Ventes Mondiales : Christopher Kirkley

Contact
Christopher Kirkley – SAHELSOUNDS, Portland – sahelsounds(@)gmail.com
Jerome Fino – L’improbable, Marseille – jer.jrm(@)gmail.com

English

A revolutionary story of guitars, motorcycles, cell phones, and the music of a new generation.
Prince goes Sahel in this remake of Purple Rain in the Saharan Desert. The first feature film in the Tamashek language (which has no word for « purple, » hence the title), the film tells the universal story of a musician trying to make it against all odds. With a purple robe and matching chopper, a smoking hot guitarist arrives in a music-mad Niger town and sets about wooing a local beauty, clashing with his pious father and fencing with the jealous king of the local scene until their climactic six-string shootout.

A film by Christopher Kirkley
with/ Jerome Fino, Mdou Moctar

USA / Niger, 2015, Fiction, 1h 15min | Drama, Musical, Romance / BluRay / Colour / In Tamashek, with English/French/Spanish/Turkish subtitles.

Stars: Mdou Moctar, Rhaicha Ibrahim, Fatimata Falo, Ahmoudou Madassane, Abdoulaye Souleymane, Kader Tanoutanoute

Akounak is the first feature fiction film in the Tamashek language. The title translates to « Rain the Color Blue with a Little Red in it, » a literal translation of Purple Rain (the Tuareg language has no word for Purple) – a nod to its unlikely orgins and the difficulties of translating ideas across cultures.


TRAILER: Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It (Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai) from Cinefamily on Vimeo.



Executive Producers: Sonic Protest, James B. Lowenthal, Barbara L.

Directed by Christopher Kirkley
in collaboration with Jerome Fino, Mdou Moctar
Written by Mdou Moctar, Christopher Kirkley, and Jerome Fino
Director of Photography; Jerome Fino
Editors: Sara El Rhazoui, Jérôme Fino, Christopher Kirkley
Music: Mdou Moctar
Colorist: Delphine Ménoret
Transportation: Abdoulaye Souleymane
First Camera: Jerome Fino
Second Camera: Christopher Kirkley
Script: Sara El Rhazoui
Lighting: Moustapha Ali Sage
Sound Recording: Sara El Rhazoui
Transport: Abdoulaye Souleymane
Production Assistant: Mohamed Chehou « Badi » and Al Gabid Hamaya
Translation: Ikali Adam, Ibrahim Ag Mouhamadine
Tifinagh Transcription: Hamza Fofo Tifinagh
Color: Delphine Menoret
Sound Design: Christopher Kirkley
Sound Mixing: Josh Derry
Recording Engineer: Sylvain Quatreville
Song Mixing: Jesse Munro Johnson

Credited cast:
Mdou Moctar… Mdou Moctar
Rhaicha Ibrahim… Rhaicha
Fatimata Falo… Mother
Ahmoudou Madassane… Ahmoudou
Abdoulaye Souleymane… Father
Kader Tanoutanoute… Kader

Production: Sahel Sounds, L’improbable, Ténéré Films
Supported by 536 backers on Kickstarter
World Sales: Christopher Kirkley

Contact
Christopher Kirkley – SAHELSOUNDS, Portland – sahelsounds(@)gmail.com
Jerome Fino – L’improbable, Marseille – jer.jrm(@)gmail.com

Release Dates
USA 8 May 2015 (New York City, New York)
Spain 13 July 2015 (Barcelona)
Spain 10 September 2015 (A Coruña) (premiere)
Sweden 27 February 2016 (CinemAfrica Film Festival)
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