The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
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 Bila's cousin Nopoko gets sick it is Sana's medicine that saves her.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
28 audience votes
Key crew
- Idrissa OuedraogoDirector
- Idrissa OuedraogoScreenplay
- Francis BebeyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Fatimata SangaYaaba
- Noufou OuédraogoBila
- Roukietou BarryNopoko
- Adama OuédraogoKougri
- Amadé ToureTibo
- Sibidou OuédraogoPoko
- Adame SidibeRazougou
- Kinda MoumouniFinse
- Assita OuedraogoKoudi
- Zenabou OuedraogoPegda
- Ousmane SawadogoTaryam
- Rasmané OuédraogoNoaga (as Rasmane Ouedraogo)
Stills
Themes
africawitchcraft