Toula ou Le génie des eaux is a 1973 drama film directed by Moustapha Alassane.
A holy man summoned by the king demands the sacrifice of a young woman to appease to the gods.
A young man in love who is in love with Toula goes in search of water to save his beloved from her fate, but when he returns with good news, he finds that he is too late: Toula has already disappeared in the holy swamp and the gods have been thus appeased.
Moustapha Alassane tackles the issue of the drought in Niger through a traditional story.
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