Aya de Yopougon (2013)
Directed by Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie

Animation

Film Synopsis

In the late 1970s, at Yopougon on the Ivory Coast, the working class district of Abidjan...  This is home to Aya, a serious 19-year-old who prefers staying in each evening to study rather than go out with her friends.  How will she react when her best friend Adjoua manages to get herself pregnant...?
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Film Credits

  • Director: Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie
  • Script: Marguerite Abouet
  • Cast: Aïssa Maïga (Aya), Tella Kpomahou (Bintou), Tatiana Rojo (Adjoua), Jacky Ido (Ignace), Emile Abossolo M'bo (Kossi), Eriq Ebouaney (Hyacinthe), Pascal N'Zonzi (Bonaventure Sissoko), Atou Ecaré (Simone Sissoko), Claudia Tagbo (Jeanne), Sabine Pakora (Koro), Jean-Baptiste Anoumn (Grégoire), Djedje Apali (Mamadou), Mokobé (Le DJ), Corinne Haccandy (Félicité), Dioucounda Koma (John Pololo), François 'Jack' Mobio (David), Binda Ngazolo (Alphonse), Angelin N'Gbandjui (Seydou), Nina N'Gbandjui (Yoyo), Ernest Odje (Yao)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 84 min

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