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Saraka Bo

1997 · 1h 25m · Crime

IMDb 5.5

Skip this one. A 5.5 IMDb score signals a film that likely stumbles in its execution, and the premise—involving ritualistic murder and cultural trauma—demands a deft touch that apparently never lands. There are better crime thrillers out there worth your time tonight.

Plot

A pair of French detectives enter a different world after they are assigned to solve a puzzling double homicide that occurred in an African neighborhood in Paris. The corpses of the two masked Malian women were discovered ritually mutilated and hanging from a ceiling. The detectives' search leads them to a Malian father and his 18-year-old daughter. The father confesses to the crime, but further investigation reveals that he is lying. Even more puzzled than before, the two investigators consult a noted professor who tries to help them understand the true nature of the crime. The story is based on a book by controversial French academic Tobie Nathan, a self-proclaimed "ethno-psychiatrist," who has been researching the problems experienced by France's many immigrants, particularly African ones, as they wrestle with the clash between their native beliefs and their new culture.

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