Top billed cast

1. 

   Doudou Gueye Thiaw

   Kirikou enfant (voice)

2. 

   Maimouna N'Diaye

   La Mère (voice)

3. 

   Awa Sène Sarr

   Karaba (voice)

4. 

   Robert Liensol

   Le Sage dans la montagne (voice)

5. 

   William Nadylam

   Kirikou jeune homme (voice)

6. 

   Sebastien Hebrant

   Kirikou jeune homme (voice)

7. 

   Thilombo Lubambu

   L'Oncle (voice)

8. 

   Rémi Bichet

   Kirikou adulte

9. 

   Marie Augustine Diatta

   La femme forte

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-28

This is a really joyous animation to watch. A pregnant lady gives birth to a determined young infant who can immediately walk, talk and who names himself "Kirikou". Enthusiastic, questioning, innocent - he discovers that his village well has been stopped up by the evil sorceress "Karaba" and so decides to rectify the situation. His adventures are fun, simple - as is the animation - with plenty of humour from the dialogue, just the tiniest degree of menace and some interesting characterisations for our young man to engage with along the way. The film looks a little at the superstitions that gui...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$4,495,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• folk
• power of goodness
• folktale
• bad witch
• cultures of west africa
• african tale
• french
• supersteiner