A film in Swahili. Patrick has made a big, unprotected mistake. He discovers that the best way to recover his peace of mind is to get tested for HIV, and he finds that the test really isnt as hard as he thought. Directed by Fanta Regina Nacro (Burkina Faso; based on an idea by Olivier Kaboré, aged 22 (Burkina Faso). A SCENARIOS FROM AFRICA film (www.globaldialogues.org)
Night of Truth (La nuit de la vérité, 2004) is the African director Fanta Régina Nacro’s first full length film.
Set in a fictional West-African country, this film tells the story of the night of reconciliation between two ethnic groups, the Nayak and the Bonandes. After ten years of war and much bloodshed, Theo, leader of the Bonandes, invites the Nayak president to come and make peace. However things don’t go as smoothly as planned.
