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Yao
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Yao

Jan 23, 2019
1h 43m
★ 6.6

Overview

From his village in northern Senegal, Yao is a 13-year-old boy ready to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to Dakar to promote his new book, the latter goes to his country of origin for the first time. To fulfill his dream, the young Yao organizes his fugue and brave 387 kilometers alone to the capital. Touched by this child, the actor decides to flee his obligations and to accompany him home. But on the dusty and uncertain roads of Senegal, Seydou understands that while rolling towards the village of the child, it also rolls towards its roots.

Genres

Comedy
Drama

Production Companies

Pan-Européenne
Korokoro
France 2 Cinéma

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Cast

Omar Sy

Seydou Tall

Omar Sy

Fatoumata Diawara

Gloria

Fatoumata Diawara

Lionel Louis Basse

Yao

Lionel Louis Basse

Germaine Acogny

Tanam

Germaine Acogny

Alibeta

Taximan

Alibeta

Gwendolyn Gourvenec

Laurence Tall

Gwendolyn Gourvenec

Abdoulaye Diop

Ibra

Abdoulaye Diop

Ismaël Charles Amine Saleh

Demba

Ismaël Charles Amine Saleh

Mame Fatou Ndoye

Oumy

Mame Fatou Ndoye

Aristote Laios

Nathan

Aristote Laios

Aboubacar Dramé

Le père de Yao

Aboubacar Dramé

Amadou Diop

Rabatteur bus Kanel

Amadou Diop