Yaaba
MovieTitle | Yaaba |
User score | 6.3 |
Release date | Aug 23, 1989 |
Genre | Family, Drama |
Director | Idrissa Ouedraogo |
Production country | Burkina Faso, Switzerland, France |
Production companies | Les Films de l'Avenir, Arcadia Films, Thelma Film |
Budget | $750,000 |
Run time | 90 min. |
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.