Yaaba

Movie
TitleYaaba
User score

6.3

Release dateAug 23, 1989
GenreFamily, Drama
DirectorIdrissa Ouedraogo
Production countryBurkina Faso, Switzerland, France
Production companiesLes Films de l'Avenir, Arcadia Films, Thelma Film
Budget$750,000
Run time90 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.

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