Issaka Sawadogo
Isaka Sawadogo (born 1966), sometimes credited as Issaka Sawadogo, is a Burkinabé actor. He is most noted for his performances in the Canadian film Diego Star, for which he received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actor at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014, and the Dutch film The Paradise Suite, for which he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor at the 2016 Netherlands Film Festival.
In 2020, he appeared in a supporting role in Philippe Lacôte's film Night of the Kings (La Nuit des rois). In 2021 he played the lead role in Jorge Camarotti's short film Ousmane.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3609 |
| Birthday | 1966-05-18 |
| Place of Birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| Also Known As | Isaka Sawadogo, Ісака Савадого, |
2007
Sounds of Sand
6.1/13
On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the threat of war. The vi...
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2023
In His Shadow
6.248/121
After the death of their father, two half-brothers find themselves on opposite sides of an escalating conflict with tragic consequences.
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In His Shadow
2022
Mali Twist
6.4/36
Mali, 1960. The youth of Bamako dance the twist to rock and roll music newly imported from the West and dream of political renewal. Samba, a young soc...
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Mali Twist
2023
Mercy
5.6/14
Ali is a 14-year-old teenager on the loose. To give him a proper education, his single mother sends him to a madrassa in Mali. When Ali comes back ten...
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Mercy
2000
Ballen i øyet
5/2
While near sighted Denise plays football, she accidently gets a ball in her face, and her glasses break. When she wakes up in the hospital she's doubl...
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Ballen i øyet
2010
Home for Christmas
5.8/26
Adapted from a series of short stories by Norwegian author Levi Henriksen, Bent Hamers Home for Christmas weaves together the lives of people struggli...
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Home for Christmas
2021
Three Scoundrels
0/0
On their ladyfriends' insistence, their "Tchiza", three friends go on an extramarital trip out of Ouagadougou, a fake mission to Abidjian being the pe...
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Three Scoundrels
2011
The Invader
5.5/21
An African immigrant living illegally in Belgium is desperate to find his own sense of belonging.
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The Invader
2019
Quand sort la recluse
5.9/8
After three elderly men are bitten by spiders, everyone assumes that their deaths are tragic accidents. But at police headquarters in Paris, Inspector...
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Quand sort la recluse
2013
Diego Star
5.3/7
A cargo ship is stuck on the Canadian Saint Lawrence River for repairs. Traoré, an Ivory Coast mechanic is unjustly accused of causing the damage.
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Diego Star
2019
The Legend of Black Snake
4.858/130
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The Legend of Black Snake
2023
Io Capitano
7.794/811
Longing for a brighter future, two Senegalese teenagers embark on a journey from West Africa to Italy. However, between their dreams and reality lies...
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Io Capitano
2023
Grill
9.5/2
Tara is denied electricity bill support by Social Services, who tells her to simply get a free grill instead - a task that leads Tara into uncomfortab...
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Grill
2012
Cabo
0/0
Ambitious Cape Verdean medical student Artur struggles with his responsibilities.
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2012
Arash
0/0
The refugee Matthew wait in the outfit centre schiphol East for its flight to Sudan. If that of but, Arash, a despair action commits, Matthew get sudd...
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2023
Time Out
5.188/8
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2021
The Song of the Rifles
0/0
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The Song of the Rifles
2013
The New World
4.8/5
Mirte is a cleaner in the reception centre for asylum seekers at the airport. She tries to forget her past through routine. When the charismatic West...
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The New World
2024
Casting Call
0/0
Young actor Amir yearns for success, yet his impatience steers him into a nightmare.
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Casting Call
2013
Into Thin Air
6/2
1992: The undocumented Ghanaian Agymah (50) lives a secluded life as a cook in the outskirts of Amsterdam. When the ambitious dreamer Nina (12) arrive...
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Into Thin Air
2004
Exoticore
5.2/5
A story about an immigrant from Burkina Faso and his attempts to integrate in Norwegian society. Exoticore is a touching tale about modern-day people...
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Exoticore
2015
White People
3.7/9
The story follows a group of people who are kidnapped from the street and held hostage in an underground prison to await deportation. Will they escape...
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White People
2023
Hood Witch
6.085/59
A woman earns a living by smuggling exotic animals and illegal goods, developing a mobile app that links users with mystical marabout healers, but one...
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Hood Witch
2026
The Site
6.3/15
Vincent works the night shift on the construction site of a futuristic district. When a worker goes missing, Vincent and his colleagues suspect that t...
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The Site
2015
The Paradise Suite
6.569/29
The lives of six people, who seem to have nothing more in common than their faraway homelands, become inextricably linked in Amsterdam, the city they...
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The Paradise Suite
2024
Maman
7/1
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Maman
2024
No Chains, No Masters
6.6/108
1759, Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean. The island is controlled by French settlers and the deported slave population live in fear while toiling in the...
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No Chains, No Masters
2018
Yesterday
4.4/6
50-year-old Victor Ganz owns a thriving civil engineering company that operates worldwide. But when some very costly problems on a site force him to g...
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Yesterday
2014
Samba
6.352/985
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Samba
2003
The Black Lapp
6.045/22
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The Black Lapp
2017
Animal
7/2
Monsters fight with each other in a dystopian world, playing out the revenge of their human breeders.
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Animal
2019
Walter
5.6/169
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Walter
2019
The Lamb
0/0
Three kids spend the summer days the usual way: hanging out, snapchatting... and playing with their newly discovered pet.
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The Lamb
2019
Re \ Entry
7.8/4
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Re \ Entry
2019
Par-delà les nuages – Le cinéma de Marion Hänsel
0/0
On the basis of conversations with Hänsel and some of her permanent crew members, a remarkable portrait is created of a filmmaker who is also her own...
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2018
Belleville Cop
5/391
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Belleville Cop
2021
Night of the Kings
6.648/88
A young man is sent to "La Maca," a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates. As tradition goes with the rising of the red moon...
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Night of the Kings
2011
Hotel Swooni
4.6/5
In a luxurious hotel, the lives of 6 people cross. A story about love, life and the search for happiness.
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Hotel Swooni
2021
Cool Abdoul
0/0
The story of Ismail Abdoul, a promising young boxer getting caught between his sporting carreer and his rising fame in the criminal underworld.
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Cool Abdoul
2021
Ousmane
6/2
The story of a Burkinabé immigrant who is reluctantly drawn into a neighbour’s troubles in his Montreal apartment building.
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Ousmane
2020
Adú
6.9/298
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Adú
2014
Soleils
4/1
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