Tilai (The Law)
Directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ina Cisse, Rasmane Ouedrago.

Honor and family ties on the African plains of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) are explored in this follow-up to the popular Yaaba. In it, a man returns after a two-year absence to find his fiance married to his father and thus, begins a relationship with his new stepmother. Once discovered, his brother must mete out the punishment.

This article appears in November 1 • 1991 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.