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    Le Ballon d'or

    Poster of the movie Le Ballon d'or
    1994     Comedy-drama    
    France
    1h 30min
    Original lang: French

    Cheik Doukouré's second feature celebrates the powerful dream of becoming an African soccer star, a dream that is pursued by kids in innumerable small villages who play in the dust with bare feet and footballs made of rags. A thoroughly engaging adventure story, Le Ballon d'or follows Bandian, a boy-wonder on the soccer field, from his village in the bush through a series of hilarious and not so funny contretemps to superstardom in France. He's assisted on his way by his hometown witch doctor; the young French doctor (Agnés Soral) who gifts him with a real football - the "golden" ball of the film's title, a dwarf (Aboubacar Koita) who offers him a brother's love, soccer star Karim (played by player Salif Keita), and a canny businessman with an eye for the main chance.

    Directed byCheik Doukouré
    Written byMartin Brossollet, David Carayan
    CompanyVisual FactoryVisual FactoryVisual Factory

    Starring

    Aboubacar Sidiki Sumah, Agnès Soral, Habib Hammoud, Mody Sory Barry, Amara Camara, Mariam Kaba, Salif Keita, Aboubacar Kolta, Lamua Kouyate

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    Photo from the movie Le Ballon d'or

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