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Genesis is a Malien film of genre Drama released in USA on 8 september 1999 with Sotigui Kouyate
Genesis (1999)
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Add to a movie listGenesis (French: La genèse) is a 1999 French-Malian drama film directed by Cheick Oumar Sissoko. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
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Trois siècles après le déluge, le clan de l'éleveur Jacob et de ses fils se déchire avec le clan des cultivateurs sédentaires conduit par Hamor. Quant à Esaü, chef du peuple des chasseurs, il prépare sa vengeance. Frère de Jacob, Esau lui voue une haine mortelle depuis que celui-ci a subtilisé son droit d'aînesse. Reclus dans son campement, Jacob pleure la perte de son fils Joseph, qu'il croit mort.Actors
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