Yaaba
1989 · Movie · 90 min. · Burkina Faso
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. "Yaaba" won the FIPRESCI prize (International Critics Prize) in Cannes Film Festival 1989 (Tied with "Sex, Lies, and Videotape").
Direction Idrissa Ouedraogo
Cast Fatimata Sanga · Noufou Ouedraogo · Roukietou Barry · Adama Ouédraogo · Amadé Toure · Assita Ouédraogo
Soundtrack Francis Bebey
Screenplay Idrissa Ouedraogo
Cinematography Matthias Kälin
Original title Yaaba
6.5
169 votes (FilmAffinity)
Add to lists
Share