Synopsis
Offspring of an African priest and a mother who cannot reveal the truth of his paternity, Wendemi is abandonned by his mother, who then runs away. As an adult, Wendemi's lack of "identity" causes him to be rejected by a society that refuses to "recognize" him.
So Wendemi sets out in search of a name and a family. He at last comes to the capital, Ouagadougou, where he thinks he'll find his mother at last. Instead he runs into the "Herder", a childhood friend who has become the "man's son", a sort of pimp who finds under-aged girls for wealthy clients...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Laafi Productions
- Foreign production companies : Thelma Film AG, Les Films de l'Espoir
- French distribution : Actorat Films
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : René Sintzel
- Screenwriters : René Sintzel, S. Pierre Yameogo
- Directors of Photography : Jurg Hassler, Moussa Diakité
- Music Composer : Mahmoud Tabrizizadeh
- Editor : Michèle Darmon
- Sound recordists : Emmanuel De Soria, Issa Traoré
- Foreign producers : Pierre-Alain Meier, S. Pierre Yameogo
- Press Attaché (film) : Thierry Lenouvel
- Sound Mixer : Alain Garnier
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : Mooré
- Coproducer countries : Burkina Faso, Switzerland, France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (Burkina Faso, Switzerland, France)
- Production year : 1993
- French release : 27/04/1994
- Runtime : 1 h 35 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 80.774
- Visa issue date : 22/09/1993
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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