Cinematography: Jean-Michel Humeau

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Jean-Michel Humeau. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Brightness

1987 · Movie · 105 min. · Mali

Direction Souleymane Cissé

Cast Issiaka Kane · Aoua Sangare · Niamanto Sanogo · Balla Moussa Keita

Plot A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father. Cannes Film Festival 1987: Jury Prize (tied with Shinran: Shiroi michi).

6.7

308 votes

6.7

308 votes

The Lion Child

1993 · Movie · 86 min. · France

Direction Patrick Grandperret

Cast Wéré Wéré Liking · Souleyman Koli · Salif Keita · Mathurin Sinze

Plot Oule (Mathurin Sinze) has always had a special rapport with animals and nature from his earliest days. As an infant, he was raised with a lion cub named Sirga, and...

5.1

21 votes

5.1

21 votes

A Mexican Buñuel

1997 · Documentary · 56 min. · France

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Glória

1999 · Movie · 100 min. · Portugal

Direction Manuela Viegas

Cast Jean-Christophe Bouvet · Raquel Marques · Francisco Relvas · Ricardo Aibéo

Plot Ivan goes to live with his father, Vincente, the stationmaster in a small remote village in inland Portugal. Gloria lives with a nurse, Teresa, who looks after emigrants’ children in...

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Tsahal

1994 · Documentary · 316 min. · France

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La presqu'ile

1986 · Movie · 85 min. · France

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Kabala

2002 · Movie · 112 min. · Mali

Direction Assane Kouyaté

Cast Modibo Traoré · Djénéba Koné · Fily Traoré · Hamadoun Kassogué

Plot Kabala is a small West African village suffering from a terrible drought. The only source of water is a holy well that shows signs of contamination. The village elders decide...

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The Unshod Man

2003 · Movie · 33 min. · France

Direction Laurence Attali

Cast Cheikh Lô · Mäylis Guiard-Schmid · Oumou Sy

Plot Everything started at the "bistrot du phare", during Booz's concert. Ben, the trumpet player dies onstage. The next day, his wife Esther plants the trumpet on Ben's grave and takes...

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