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Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It

Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 17, 2015

Runtime

1h 15m

Genres

Drama, Music, Romance

User Score

60%

Original Title

Akounak tedalat taha tazoughai

Production Companies

L'improbable, Sahel Sounds, Tenere Films

Director

Christopher Kirkley

Description

Prince goes Sahel in this colorful homage to Purple Rain. Set among the sub-Saharan Tuareg people, and reputedly the first feature film in their Tamashek language (which has no word for "purple," hence the title). Resplendent in a purple robe and matching chopper, smoking hot guitarist Mdou Moctar arrives in a music-mad Niger town and sets about wooing a local beauty, clashing with his pious father, and fencing with the jealous king of the local scene (Kader Tanoutanoute, as wily and dapper as Morris Day) until their climactic six-string shootout.