Wùlu, the Malian Scarface is a 2016 Malian crime drama film directed by Marseille-born French-Malian director Daouda Coulibaly and co-produced by Éric Névé and Oumar Sy.[1][2] The film stars Ibrahim Koma and Inna Modja with Quim Gutiérrez, Olivier Rabourdin, and Ndiaye Ismaël in supporting roles.[3][4] The film is about Ladji, a 20-year-old van driver in Mali who becomes a West African drug lord during the 2012 Mali War.[5] He started committing crimes so that his older sister could quit working as a prostitute.[6]
The film received critics acclaim and screened worldwide.[7][8] The film premiered at the 2016 Angouleme Film Festival.[9] The next year, lead actor Ibrahim Koma won the Best Actor Award at FESPACO 2017.[10][11]
Originally the shooting was planned in Mali, but later relocated to Senegal for security reasons after the Bamako attack occurred in November 2015.[12] Then the film was shot in Thiès, Senegal.[13]
