Yaaba (1989)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 23, 1989Release Date
Yaaba (1989)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 23, 1989Release Date
Network & Production Companies
![Thelma Film](https://images.moviefit.me/pc/s/4978-thelma-film.webp)
![Watch Yaaba Trailer](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/148865-grandmother.webp)
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 Bila's cousin Nopoko gets sick it is Sana's medicine that saves her.
Where to Watch.
![Filmicca](https://images.moviefit.me/sp/1973.webp)
Currently Yaaba is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Filmicca
Streaming in:🇧🇷 Brasil
Cast & Crew.
![Fatimata Sanga](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Fatimata Sanga
Yaaba
![Noufou Ouédraogo](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Noufou Ouédraogo
Bila
![Roukietou Barry](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Roukietou Barry
Nopoko
![Adama Ouédraogo](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Adama Ouédraogo
Kougri
![Amadé Toure](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Amadé Toure
Tibo
![Sibidou Ouédraogo](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sibidou Ouédraogo
Poko
![Adame Sidibe](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Adame Sidibe
Razougou
![Kinda Moumouni](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kinda Moumouni
Finse
![Assita Ouedraogo](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Assita Ouedraogo
Koudi
![Zenabou Ouedraogo](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Zenabou Ouedraogo
Pegda
![Ousmane Sawadogo](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ousmane Sawadogo
Taryam
![Rasmané Ouédraogo](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/339260-rasmane-ouedraogo.webp)
Rasmané Ouédraogo
Noaga (as Rasmane Ouedraogo)
![Idrissa Ouedraogo](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/83437-idrissa-ouedraogo.webp)
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Director / Screenplay / Producer
![Francis Bebey](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1276654-francis-bebey.webp)
Francis Bebey
Original Music Composer
![Michel David](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/507270-michel-david.webp)
Michel David
Producer
![Freddy Denaës](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Freddy Denaës
Executive Producer
![Pierre-Alain Meier](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Pierre-Alain Meier
Executive Producer
![Matthias Kälin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Matthias Kälin
Director of Photography
![Loredana Cristelli](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Loredana Cristelli
Editor
![Mariam Sidibé](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mariam Sidibé
Costume Design
![Ismaël Ouédraogo](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ismaël Ouédraogo
Assistant Director
![Paul Zoumbara](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Paul Zoumbara
Assistant Director
![Nathalie Tanner](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Nathalie Tanner
Makeup Artist
![Aminata Zouré](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Aminata Zouré
Makeup Artist
Media.
![Yaaba](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/148865-grandmother.webp)
![Yaaba](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/1/148865-grandmother.webp)
Details.
Release DateAugust 23, 1989
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Budget$750,000
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
africa
witchcraft
Wiki.
Yaaba is a 1989 Burkinabé drama film written, produced, and directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo, "one of the best known films from francophone sub-Saharan Africa". It won the Sakura Gold prize at the 1989 Tokyo Film Festival. The film was selected as the Burkinabé entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The film was the subject of a short documentary Parlons Grand-mère, which was shot during the film's production by Djibril Diop Mambéty.
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