When Cecile (Sylvie Yameogo), an unwed mother-to-be, refuses to identify the father of her child, she is thrown out of her parents' home and eventually leaves her baby in a field, where another family finds him and takes him home. Michel (Alassane Dakissaga), the head of the household, reluctantly assumes responsibility for the baby after going to the police, the local priest and the traditional village chief, each of whom advises him to seek the counsel of another authority.
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Cast
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Sylvain Minonugou
Wendemi
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Sylvie Yameogo
Cecile
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S. Pierre Yameogo
René Sintzel
S. Pierre Yameogo
Alassane Dakissaga
Michel
Also in
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Abdoulaye Komboudri
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Also in
Samba Traoré
Keita! The Voice of the Griot
Sotigui Kouyaté
Known for
London River
Dirty Pretty Things
S. Pierre Yameogo Director · René Sintzel Writer
United States release October 9, 1993 · Produced in Burkina Faso · Original title Wendemi, l'enfant du Bon Dieu
Production
Thelma Film
Production
Burkina Faso
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Wendemi, l'enfant du Bon Dieu
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Burkina Faso · September 12, 1993
Theatrical
United States · October 9, 1993
New York Film Festival
Canada
September 12, 1993 · Toronto Film Festival
France
April 27, 1994
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