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Summary
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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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+6)
Critics 88Audiences 82GoodWatch 82
Tomatometer88%
Audience score93%
IMDb7.1
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for family movies, −5 min on the typical 95
typical 9590Half of all family movies run 88–106 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1989
August 23, 1989
37 years ago
Genres
FamilyDramaLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
Burkina Faso- Switzerland
France
Directing · 3
- Idrissa Ouedraogo Director, Screenplay, Producer
- Ismaël Ouédraogo Assistant Director
- Paul Zoumbara Assistant Director
Production · 3
- Pierre-Alain Meier Executive Producer
- Freddy Denaës Executive Producer
- Michel David Producer
Camera · 1
- Matthias Kälin Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Loredana Cristelli Editor
Sound · 1
- Francis Bebey Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Mariam Sidibé Costume Design
- Nathalie Tanner Makeup Artist
- Aminata Zouré Makeup Artist
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