Yeelen - Das Licht

Star Wars if Luke were fleeing Darth. A Malian youth must master his inherited gifts to stand against his father's dark magic. It's a beautifully spare coming-of-age tale set in a landscape of myth.

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Souleymane Cissé directed Yeelen - Das Licht in 1987. See Souleymane Cissé's full filmography, where to start with Souleymane Cissé, or where to go after you've seen everything by Souleymane Cissé.

Yeelen - Das Licht was released in 1987 (BM original-language production), with a runtime of 105 minutes.