Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It
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.
Cast: Mdou Moctar, Rhaicha Ibrahim, Kader Tanoutanoute
Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It
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.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Christopher Kirkley
- Cast
- Mdou Moctar, Rhaicha Ibrahim, Kader Tanoutanoute, Fatimata Falo, Ahmoudou Madassane, Abdoulaye Souleymane
- Studio
- L'improbable, Sahel Sounds, Tenere Films