Under House Arrest (1981)

★ 9.0 1h 40m 1 votes IMDb
Drama
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The president of an African country is closely allied with European entrepreneurs for his own benefit and theirs. The sky falls on their heads when a political essay on "The Political Structures of Traditional Power" is published. To make matters worse, the military gets involved. The president, whose party ruled unchallenged (single-party system), finds himself under house arrest.

Under House Arrest

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Douta Seck
Douta Seck Died 1991 · Saint-Louis, Senegal Douta Seck (1919–1991) was a Senegalese stage and film actor, theatre director, singer, and trained architect. After studying architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he turned to the perfor...
Isseu Niang
Isseu Niang Died 2000 · Dakar, Senegal
Director Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Cast Douta Seck, Michel Coulon, Joseph Baloma Sane, Marie Jeanne Gueye, Serigne Ndiaye Gonzales, Isseu Niang

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