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Yaaba
ORIGINAL TITLE Yaaba
YEAR
1989  
RUNNING TIME
90 min.   Suggest trailer/video
COUNTRY
 
DIRECTOR Idrissa Ouedraogo
SCREENWRITER Idrissa Ouedraogo
COMPOSER Francis Bebey
CINEMATOGRAPHER Matthias Kälin
CAST Fatimata Sanga, Noufou Ouedraogo, Roukietou Barry, Adama Ouedraogo, Amadé Toure, Assita Ouedraogo
STUDIO/PRODUCER Co-production Burkina Faso / Switzerland / France
AWARDS 1989: Cannes: FIPRESCI Award (International Critics
GENRE Drama
SYNOPSIS/PLOT 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 Bilas cousin Nopoko gets sick it is Sana's medicin who rescues her.
"Yaaba" won the FIPRESCI prize (International Critics Prize) in Cannes Film Festival 1989 (Tied with "Sex, Lies, and Videotape")
 
 
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