La bague du roi Koda

Film Journal 2020 (125 movies items)

"The first dud in my attempts to fill out that map on my Letterboxd stats page, this folk tale from Niger tells of a fisherman who sells a fish to a king for way too much money so the king tries to have him killed in an elaborate scheme that backfires to the point where he has to give the guy the whole "you married the princess" thing of getting half the kingdom. The most interesting part of this film is the etnographic perspective, as it was shot in a small village and most of the actors are pro"