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God's Gift (1983)

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NR 1 hr 11 minMar 27th, 1983DramaWênd Kûuni Collection PosterPart of Wênd Kûuni Collection
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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.
StarringSerge YanogoRosine YanogoJoseph Nikiema
DirectorGaston Kaboré
WriterGaston Kaboré

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 27th, 1983
Original Language:Fulah
Production Companies:Direction du Cinema Haute Volta
Movie Tags:
africapeddlerabandoned childsavannah

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.