Bakary Sangaré

Dramatized account of the 19th-century French painter Theodore Gericault, who joined the circus as a young man and came to develop a brilliant talent for painting horses. Writer/director Bartabas also stars as the circus master Franconi (All Movie Guide)

Samba Traore returns to his village flush with funds. Soon enough he manages to charm the beautiful Saratou into marrying him and, along with another friend, builds the first bar their village has ever seen. But his conscience keeps nagging him and the police are on the lookout for the "gas station murderer." (imdb)

A couple's relationship becomes complicated when she leaves him for his best friend, and returns after he dies.

Franky, an unemployed actor, is carried away by his manager Arsène, in a stolen car for what seems to be an appointment with Franky's idolized director above the Arctic Circle. (imdb)