Movie: Sacred Places

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    Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Marie Téno profiles a poor but lively neighborhood in the capital of Burkina Faso, where a cine club proprietor tries to include Burkinabe films among the action and Bollywood fare.

  • Release Date

    2009-04-01

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    7.4

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    3.7 starts
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