New York Times by Vincent Canby
A gentle fable set in a precolonial Africa.
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Burkina Faso · 1982
1h 11m
Director Gaston Kaboré
Starring Serge Yanogo, Rosine Yanogo, Joseph Nikiema, Colette Kaboré
Genre Drama
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A man finds a child unconscious in the field who awakens mute and unable to remember who he is. The man leaves him with a nearby family, who searches for his parents and ultimately adopts him. When a terrible event occurs, the boy's tragic past starts coming back to him, as does his speech.
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