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In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush... more | add synopsisAwards:
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Nice look at traditional West Africa moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Serge Yanogo | ... | Wendkouni |
| Rosine Yanogo | ... | Pognere |
| Joseph Nikiema | ... | Tinga |
| Colette Kaboré | ... | Lale |
| Simone Tapsoba | ... | Koudbila |
| Yaya Wima | ... | Bila |
| Martine Ouedraogo | ... | Timpoko |
| Boucare Ouedraogo | ... | Razougou |
| Mohammed Thiombiano | ||
| Jean Ouedraogo | ||
| Augustine Yameogo | ... | Aunt |
| Naba Liguidi | ||
| Bernadette Nombre | ||
| Saidou Ouedraogo | ||
| Georgette Zongo |
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Wend Kuuni gives an interesting slice of life in a traditional West African society. The film was made in Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) so I assume that's where it is set. The plot is ostensibly about a mute boy who is adopted. He was traumautized into muteness after he and his mother were chased out of their old village because she was thought to have been a witch. She died of exhaustion (literally) and he was found by a traveller who took him to another village. He is unable to communicate any of his past for a long time but while walking in a field at night, he views a corpse hanging from a tree and that stuns him into speech. The story was ok, but its forte was more in the presentation of very traditional life and customs in this West African country. It has a very slow, meandering pace to it, much like the culture itself. Not a chef d'oeuvre, but interesting nonetheless.