Yaaba
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Production year1989
French release23/08/1989
Runtime1 h 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producers : Arcadia Films, Films de l'Avenir
- Co-production : La Sept Cinéma
- Foreign production company : Thelma Film AG
- Film exports/foreign sales : Family Films
- French distribution : Pari Films
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producers : Idrissa Ouédraogo, Michel David
- Screenwriters : Idrissa Ouédraogo, Freddy Denaës
- Director of Photography : Matthias Kälin
- Music Composer : Francis Bebey
- Editor : Loredana Cristelli
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Paul Mugel
- Costume designer : Mariam Sidibé
- Foreign Producer : Pierre-Alain Meier
- Line Producer : Freddy Denaës
- Sound Assistant : Laurent Poirier
- Assistant Operator : Benoît Nicoulin
- Camera Operator : Jean Monsigny
- Continuity supervisor : Virginie Barbay
- Sound Mixer : Dominique Dalmasso
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Monde rural
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (62.0%), Switzerland (38.0%)
