Yaaba (1989)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 23, 1989Release Date
Yaaba (1989)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 23, 1989Release Date
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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.
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Cast & Crew.
Fatimata Sanga
Yaaba
Noufou Ouédraogo
Bila
Roukietou Barry
Nopoko
Adama Ouédraogo
Kougri
Amadé Toure
Tibo
Sibidou Ouédraogo
Poko
Adame Sidibe
Razougou
Rasmané Ouédraogo
Noaga
Kinda Moumouni
Finse
Zenabou Ouedraogo
Pegda
Assita Ouedraogo
Koudi
Ousmane Sawadogo
Taryam
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Director
Pierre-Alain Meier
Producer
Francis Bebey
Composer
Michel David
Producer
Matthias Kälin
Cinematographer
Loredana Cristelli
Editor
Nathalie Tanner
Makeup Artist
Freddy Denaës
Executive Producer
Mariam Sidibé
Costume Design
Ismaël Ouédraogo
Assistant Director
Paul Zoumbara
Assistant Director
Aminata Zouré
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 23, 1989
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Budget$750,000
Genres
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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.