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L'enfant et le caïman (S) (S)

Original title: L'enfant et le caïman
Year: 1991
Running time: 17 min.
Country: Burkina Faso
Director: Moustapha Dao
Screenwriter: Moustapha Dao
Cast: Lamoussa Kabore
Music: Jean-François Vrod
Cinematography: Jacques Besse
Producer: Arcadia Films, Le Ministère de la Coopération, La Diproci (Burkina Faso)
Genre: Drama. Fantasy | Animals. Short Film. Crocodiles
Synopsis: A cayman is lost in the bush, and asks a child for help; in exchange, he promises not to eat him. But once the child has helped him get back in the water, he refuses to keep his promise. This story, from African oral tradition, was written down by Moustapha Dao; it is a mixture of dream and Fiction. Some of the animals in the film are real (such as the cayman, the horse and the cow), but others (like the hares) are played by children wearing masks.

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L'enfant et le caïman (S) (S)

1991

Moustapha Dao