Rabi

Credits

Name: Rabi

Country: Burkina Faso

Year of publication: 1992

Color: color

Language : OF m. engl. UT

Duration: 62 Minuten

Direction: Kaboré, Gaston

Screenplay: Kaboré, Gaston

Camera: Ferragut, Jean-Noël

Editing: Kanyala, Marie-Jeanne

Sound: Nourigat, Marc

Actor: Kaboré, Yacouba; Yerbanga, Tinfissi; Nikiema, Joseph; Kaboré, Collette; Kaboré, Joséphine

Abstract

A blacksmith falls off his bicycle when he tries to avoid a tortoise which crosses his path. He brings the animal home to his twelve year old son, Rabi, who becomes so fascinated that he forgets his chores at this father`s shop. When the angry smith removes the tortoise, Rabi`s grandfather, Pusga, helps Rabi find a larger one to consol the boy. Rabi wants to tame the animal and this new obsession leads him to defy parental authority. Pusga gently opens the boy`s eyes to the visible and invisible ways of nature. Rabi starts to understand liberty, responsibility and respect for life. In turn he awakens long buried sentiments in the grandfather. (IMDb)