Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It
MovieTitle | Akounak tedalat taha tazoughai |
User score | 6 |
Release date | Apr 17, 2015 |
Genre | Drama, Music, Romance |
Director | Christopher Kirkley |
Production country | Niger |
Production companies | L'improbable, Sahel Sounds, Tenere Films |
Run time | 75 min. |
Prince goes Sahel in this colorful homage to Purple Rain. Set among the sub-Saharan Tuareg people, and reputedly the first feature film in their Tamashek language (which has no word for "purple," hence the title). Resplendent in a purple robe and matching chopper, smoking hot guitarist Mdou Moctar 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 (Kader Tanoutanoute, as wily and dapper as Morris Day) until their climactic six-string shootout.