When Idrissa Ouedraogo’s Dream Ended

I don’t remember how I came to work as cameraman on Le Cri du cœur in 1993, whose DoP was Jean Monsigny.
In his office in Montreuil, Idrissa immediately seemed kind and warm, extremely human.
That was his true nature.

We shot in Paris with a real hyena, which was pretty scary... also with the real Richard Bohringer (pretty scary, too), Alex Descas and Félicité Wouassi, a delight.
Then shooting in Burkina Faso took place in a very pleasant atmosphere.
Three years later, Idrissa called me again and offered me a job as DoP on Kini & Adams, shot in Zimbabwe with South African actors.
“What about Monsigny ?” I called Jean : “No problem, do it !”
That film was also a joy to work on with Idrissa, the bon-vivant, who was always cheerful, a very good director of actors, happy to be shooting a film.
The film itself ? A lovely African tale, the kind Idrissa was best at creating, that was selected at the Cannes Film Festival.

Idrissa had a big project in mind for many years, a film on Sankara.
His dream ended on 18 February.

Thank you for your movies, Idrissa.