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Aïssa Maïga

Aïssa Maïga

Senegalese actress
May 25, 1975 (48 years old)
Fr. 2023. Dramatic comedy by Ramzi Ben Sliman with Oumy Bruni Garrel, Maïwenn, Aïssa Maïga. Freshly admitted to the Paris Opera Ballet School, a black girl from a working-class background has a bone to pick with the school's director.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

V.O.: Le Pharaon, le sauvage et la princesse
Fr. 2022. Animation by Michel Ocelot. A storyteller tells a captivated audience three stories exploring three different eras, through tales at the crossroads of storytelling, fable and history.
Runtime: 83 min.

Walking on Water

V.O.: Marcher sur l'eau
Fr. 2021. Documentary by Aïssa Maïga. The challenges faced by a teenage girl and her family who live in a semi-desert region of Niger where water is scarce.
Runtime: 89 min.
G.-B. 2019. Drama by Chiwetel Ejiofor with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maxwell Simba, Lily Banda. In 2001, during a major drought in Malawi, a resourceful teenager sets out to build a device that could save his village from starvation.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 2016. Mores drama by Dominique Cabrera with Aïssa Maïga, Lola Créton. A young group of teenagers enjoying their summer on the beach of Marseille get involved in some drugs trafficking.
Runtime: 94 min.

The African Doctor

V.O.: Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont
Fr. 2016. Mores comedy by Julien Rambaldi with Marc Zinga, Aïssa Maïga, Rufus. In 1975, a newly graduated doctor from Zaire tries to gain the trust of the inhabitants of a village in northern France.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 2013. Sentimental comedy by Nicolas Cuche with Max Boublil, Aïssa Maïga.
Runtime: 95 min.

Mood Indigo

V.O.: L'Écume des jours
Fr. 2013. Sentimental drama by Michel Gondry with Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh. The happiness of a Parisian inventor is overshadowed by the water lily that grows in the right lung of his young wife, which puts her life in danger.
Runtime: 131 min.
Fr. 2013. Thriller by Denis Malleval with Aïssa Maïga, Bruno Solo, Bruno Debrandt. The dissatisfied wife of a provincial garage owner is plunged into a dark criminal affair when her lover, with whom she was to flee to Chile, mysteriously disappears.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 2012. Adventures by Alain Chabat with Alain Chabat, Jamel Debbouze, Fred Testot. In a Latin American country, a vain French journalist guided by a dishonest veterinarian discovers a mythical animal that leads him on a series of adventures.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2011. History by Philippe Niang with Jimmy Jean-Louis, Aïssa Maïga, Arthur Jugnot. Imprisoned in France, former rebel Toussaint Louverture recalls his journey as a slave, fighter, and politician, which led to Haiti
Runtime: 180 min.
Fr. 2010. Thriller by Cédric Anger with Benoît Magimel, Gilbert Melki, Aïssa Maïga. An ambitious young lawyer is seduced by the flashy world of his client, a wealthy mobster who runs a landfill company.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2009. Comedy by Léa Fazer with Nathalie Baye, Pierre Arditi, Jocelyn Quivrin. When a woman learns that her husband is cheating on her, she takes refuge at her son's house and makes a mess of their relationship.
Runtime: 96 min.

Diamond 13

V.O.: Diamant 13
Fr. 2008. Crime drama by Gilles Béhat with Gérard Depardieu, Olivier Marchal, Asia Argento. A disillusioned police officer seeks to avenge the death of a former partner, victim of corrupt colleagues who deal with the mob.
Runtime: 100 min.

Homeless Without You

V.O.: Pas de toit sans moi
Fr. 2008. Dramatic comedy by Guy Jacques with Antoine Duléry, Aïssa Maïga, Bernadette Lafont. Threatened with losing his large apartment because he lives alone, a divorced and unemployed man proposes a sham marriage to his undocumented African neighbor, which would get them both out of trouble.
Runtime: 85 min.

Crossfire

V.O.: Les Insoumis
Fr. 2008. Crime drama by Claude-Michel Rome with Richard Berry, Pascal Elbé, Zabou Breitman. Rejecting his superior's lax policy, an upstanding police officer investigates various cases of car theft and drug trafficking.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2007. Dramatic comedy by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun with Marius Yelolo, Aïssa Maïga, Mata Gabin.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Age of Man... Now or Never!

V.O.: L'Âge d'homme... maintenant ou jamais!
Fr. 2007. Comedy by Raphaël Fejto with Romain Duris, Aïssa Maïga, Clément Sibony. Panicked at the thought of commitment, a thirty-something filmmaker gives himself twenty-four hours to decide whether or not to break up with the photographer who has been sharing his life for a year.
Runtime: 82 min.
Mali. 2007. Social drama by Abderrahmane Sissako with Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Hélène Diarra. In the courtyard of a building, a tribunal is called to judge the harmful effects of the policies of the World Bank and the IMF on African society.
Fr. 2006. Science-fiction by Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic with Aïssa Maïga, Ulrich Tukur, Jacques Martial. In 2032, a scientist who studies parallel worlds reconstructs the childhood memories of her adoptive father who has lost his memory since the death of his beloved.

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

V.O.: Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas
Fr. 2006. Psychological drama by Philippe Lioret with Mélanie Laurent, Kad Merad, Julien Boisselier. A 19-year-old student desperately tries to find her twin brother who has disappeared without leaving an address.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2006. Social drama by Abderrahmane Sissako with Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Hélène Diarra. In the courtyard of a building, a tribunal is held to judge the harmful effects of the policies of the World Bank and the IMF on African society.
Runtime: 118 min.

Russian Dolls

V.O.: Les Poupées russes
Fr. 2005. Sentimental comedy by Cédric Klapisch with Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou. The professional and emotional tribulations of an aspiring writer, from Paris to London via Saint Petersburg.
Runtime: 129 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
Suis. 1999. Mores drama by Alain Tanner with Jérôme Robart, Aïssa Maïga, Natalia Dontcheva. The tribulations of a young filmmaker and his wife of African origin who try to live happily despite the general discontent around them.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1997. Crime drama by Denis Amar with Richard Bohringer, Yvan Attal, Thierry Hancisse. In the course of his investigation into the deaths of two young African women, a Parisian police commissioner seeks the help of an ethnopsychiatrist, as he suspects ritual murders.
Runtime: 85 min.

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