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Yaaba (1989)
Directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo
Family, Drama · 1h 30m
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
F
Fatimata Sanga
Yaaba
N
Noufou Ouédraogo
Bila
R
Roukietou Barry
Nopoko
A
Adama Ouédraogo
Kougri
A
Amadé Toure
Tibo
S
Sibidou Ouédraogo
Poko
A
Adame Sidibe
Razougou
K
Kinda Moumouni
Finse
A
Assita Ouedraogo
Koudi
Z
Zenabou Ouedraogo
Pegda
O
Ousmane Sawadogo
Taryam
Rasmané Ouédraogo
Noaga (as Rasmane Ouedraogo)
Crew
- Director
- Idrissa Ouedraogo
- Screenplay
- Idrissa Ouedraogo
- Director of Photography
- Matthias Kälin
- Original Music Composer
- Francis Bebey
- Editor
- Loredana Cristelli
- Producer
- Michel David, Idrissa Ouedraogo
Details
- Release date
- 1989-08-23
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Family, Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Burkina Faso, Switzerland, France
- Production
- Les Films de l'Avenir, Arcadia Films, Thelma Film
- Budget
- $750,000