"You shouldn't worry, Samba loves you." 🇧🇫 Film Movement has debuted their brand new trailer for the 4K restoration of a 1992 African movie titled Samba Traoré, by acclaimed filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo. The film originally comes from the country of Burkina Faso and it played at the 1993 Berlin Film Festival, where it won a Silver Bear prize for "the honest depiction of ordinary life." Samba returns to his village flush with new funds. Soon enough he manages to charm the beautiful Saratou into marrying him and, along with another friend, builds the first bar their village has ever seen. But his conscience keeps nagging him and the police are on the lookout for the "gas station murderer." Starring Bakary Sangaré, Mariam Kaba, and Abdoulaye Komboudri. It's one of Luca Guadagnino's favorite films – he's quoted in the trailer. Restored in 4K, the 35mm original image and sound negative were digitized in high quality, digitally restored, and a new color grading was applied by Cinegrell. The original elements are preserved at the Cinematheque Suisse on behalf of Waka Films. I've never seen this - looks damn good! Now that it's finally restored & updated in 4K, it's time to catch up with this one and spread the word on it. Especially with Guadagnino's endorsement. // Continue Reading ›