Film
Yaaba
1989 · 1h 30m · Family · Drama
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- 7.1
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 88%
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Overview
A small African village. The story focuses on Bila, a ten year old boy who befriends an old woman, Sana. Everybody calls her 'Witch' but Bila himself calls her 'Yaaba' (grandmother). When Bila's cousin Nopoko gets sick it is Sana's medicine that saves her.
Cast
Fatimata Sanga
Yaaba
Noufou Ouédraogo
Bila
Roukietou Barry
Nopoko
Adama Ouédraogo
Kougri
Amadé Toure
Tibo
Sibidou Ouédraogo
Poko
Adame Sidibe
Razougou
Kinda Moumouni
Finse
Assita Ouedraogo
Koudi
Zenabou Ouedraogo
Pegda
Ousmane Sawadogo
Taryam
Rasmané Ouédraogo
Noaga (as Rasmane Ouedraogo)
Crew
- Idrissa OuedraogoDirector · Screenplay · Producer
- Michel DavidProducer
- Pierre-Alain MeierExecutive Producer
- Freddy DenaësExecutive Producer
- Matthias KälinDirector of Photography
- Francis BebeyOriginal Music Composer
- Loredana CristelliEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 23, 1989
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Budget
- $750,000
- Genres
- Family, Drama
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