# Twist à Bamako (2021)

**Genres:** Drama, History, Romance

**Duration:** 129 min

**Age rating:** FSK 12

**IMDb:** [6.4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14055038/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.3](https://letterboxd.com/film/mali-twist/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 88%, Popcornmeter: n/a](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dancing_the_twist_in_bamako)

## Description

In the 1960s, just after Mali gains its independence, a young socialist meets and falls in love with a woman trying to escape an arranged marriage.

## Details

**Premiere:** 30 Oct 2026 (in 6 days)

**Director:** Robert Guédiguian

**Cast:** Stéphane Bak, Alice Da Luz, Saabo Balde, Bakary Diombera, Ahmed Dramé, Diouc Koma, Miveck Packa, Issaka Sawadogo, Youssouf Djaoro, Abdoulaye Diakhaté, Roger Sallah, Gaëlle Hottmongo

**Countries:** France, Canada, Senegal, Italy, Mali

**Languages:** French, Bambara

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH1dg1YOfik)

## Showtimes in Stuttgart in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-10-30 (Friday)

- **[Atelier am Bollwerk](https://stuttgart.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/379-atelier-am-bollwerk.md) (Mitte):** [2026-10-30 15:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/stuttgart/atelier-am-bollwerk-stuttgart/vorstellung/42655)  (OmU)