The Wind
1983 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 305 VOTES · DIR. Souleymane Cissé
Overview
Two Malian teenagers, Bah and Batrou, from different backgrounds, meet at secondary school. Bah is the descendent of a great tribal chieftain. Batrous father, a provincial military governor, represents the new ruling power. The two teenagers are part of a generation that rejects the established order and challenges the society in which they live.
Dialogue Timeline — 837 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:14 FINYE The wind...
00:05:28 You won't sleep the whole week.
00:09:32 - I've got to succeed. - What?
00:14:05 I forgot - my mother is sick.
00:15:59 Really?
00:18:22 Hello, Papa.
00:21:37 We'll go have tea.
00:25:30 This is our secret place.
00:30:07 Use that!
00:32:59 For your sweetheart?
00:39:05 If you take a fourth wife
00:42:36 Are you crazy?
00:44:25 Yes.
00:47:26 You don't want to talk to me?
00:49:34 Who do you think I am?
00:53:05 If you join their strike
00:58:47 Help our friends who've been arrested!
01:06:31 Cissé! Put her in with the others.
01:11:18 But I gave warning:
01:14:16 Our power is strong
01:17:52 Took him away?
01:20:35 Go in peace!
01:29:54 It's late.
01:32:50 not just me.
Cast & Characters
Fousseyni Sissoko
Bah
Goundo Guissé
Batrou
Balla Moussa Keita
Le Gouverneur Sangaré
Ismaila Sarr
le grand-père de Bah
Omou Diarra
La Troisième épouse
Ismaila Cissé
Seydou
Massitan Ballo
La mère de Bah
Dioncounda Kone
La grand-mère de Bah
Yacouba Samabaly
La commissaire de police
Dounamba Dany Coulibaly
La femme Peul
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed837
Dialogue density8.4 lines / min
First line00:01:14
Final line01:32:50
Production Record
DirectorSouleymane Cissé
LanguageBM
IMDb votes305