if this film win the lumiere award for best french language film and then what kind of garbage be come out of france these day . the subject matter be an important one how the african economy be keep a economic hostage by the international organization that be suppose to be help them and namely the international monetary fund and the world bank . about 40 % of the governmental budget of several african nation go to payment of western debt and while their people suffer from disease and dehydration and illiteracy . but the subject matter be treat in the most dry manner that could be conceive by man dryer than the sahara that surround the country of mali in which this film take place . more monotone and action lack than any documentary i have ever see ( and i be a fan of the genre ) and one witness after another come forward in this trial that be capture on film that condemn the world bank and imf . some critic may site the colorful visual aside within the film and but they be out of place and have no complementary soundtrack when they be on the screen . they belong well in a coffee table book than in this film . even the character in the film say something like this trial be boring and when will it be over . everyone in the theater laugh . be those people on the screen read our mind . danny glover have a brief appearance in this film . it be a televised movie within bamako and it be set within morocco or mali . it be also more ridiculous than any spaghetti western i have ever try to avoid . the only redeem part of these five waste minute be where a caucasian bad guy accidentally shoot an african woman carry a baby and show no remorse whatsoever . perhaps it be to symbolize the insensitivity of the world bank and how it be unintentionally kill african . and one last technical parting shot and the subtitle be difficult to read with so much light color on the screen and not enough black outline to the subtitle themselves . i have already summarize the movie for you . don not be fool by the hype . no need to see this film . you will never get these two hour back in your life .