God's Gift(1983)

Name: God's Gift
Director: Gaston Kaboré
Released: 1983-03-27
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Serge Yanogo, Rosine Yanogo, Joseph Nikiema, Colette Kaboré, Simone Tapsoba

03/27/1983 (US)Drama1h 11m

6.4

Overview

In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. When the boy comes to, he is mute and cannot explain who he is. The peddler leaves him with a family in the nearest village. After a search for his parents, the family adopts him, giving him the name Wend Kuuni (God's Gift) and a loving sister with whom he bonds. Wend Kuuni regains his speech only after witnessing a tragic event that prompts him to reveal his own painful history.

Gaston Kaboré

Director

Gaston Kaboré

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Serge Yanogo

Wendkouni

Rosine Yanogo

Pognere

Joseph Nikiema

Tinga

Colette Kaboré

Lale

Simone Tapsoba

Koudbila

Yaya Wima

Bila

Martine Ouedraogo

Timpoko

Boucare Ouedraogo

Razougou

Augustine Yameogo

Aunt

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Part of the Wênd Kûuni Collection

Set in the early 19th century on a bend in the Niger River, the spiritual journey of Wênd Kûuni (Mooré for "God's Gift"), a young shepherd voyaging throughout the Mossi Kingdoms in the name of family and their search for identity. In the manner of African folk tale, Gaston Jean-Marie Kaboré's extraordinarily beautiful series deals primarily with childhood youth and explores the big questions of life through themes that make or undo our world; tolerance, exclusion, dialogue and distrust.