Yeelen is one of those few movies that feels so special and different from anything you've ever seen that it's impossible not to appreciate it. This uniqueness of course comes from the movie being set in 13th century (presumably) in midst of West Africa and its Mali Empire. Also completely shot in their own languages Bambara and Fula, along with their own traditions of those times.
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Yeelen 1987
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Cairo Station 1958
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- good direction
- very good editing
- excellent casting
- captivating story
- technically splendid
- visually impressive
- psychologically thrilling
- fun to listen to phonetically
- short but packed with action
- perhaps at moments a too similar to western cinema, but...
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