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Kirikou and the Sorceress
Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.
1998 · Directed by Michel Ocelot · 71 min · Fantasy · Adventure · Animation · Family · 16 frames
Tagline
Can Kirikou save his village from a terrible curse?
Crew
- Screenplay: Michel Ocelot
- Written by: Michel Ocelot
- Edited by: Dominique Lefever
- Music: Youssou N'Dour
- Production design: Anne–Lise Koehler, Thierry Million
Cast
- Doudou Gueye Thiaw as Kirikou enfant (voice)
- Maimouna N'Diaye as La Mère (voice)
- Awa Sène Sarr as Karaba (voice)
- Robert Liensol as Le Sage dans la montagne (voice)
- William Nadylam as Kirikou jeune homme (voice)
- Sebastien Hebrant as Kirikou jeune homme (voice)
- Thilombo Lubambu as L'Oncle (voice)
- Rémi Bichet as Kirikou adulte
- Marie Augustine Diatta as La femme forte
- Moustapha Diop as Le fétiche sur le toit
Production
- Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
- Language: French
- Studios: Les Armateurs, Monipoly Productions, France 3 Cinéma, RTBF
- Budget: $4,495,000
- Themes: folk, power of goodness, folktale, bad witch, cultures of west africa, african tale, french, supersteiner
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