The African Child

Name: The African Child
Director: Laurent Chevallier
Released: 1995
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Baba Camara, Madou Camara, Kouda Camara, Koumba Doumbouya, Yaya Traoré

1995 · 92 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 44 VOTES · DIR. Laurent Chevallier

Overview

In Kouroussa, his native village, little Baba lives happily, between Madou, his father, a gifted mechanic, Kouda, his sweet mother, and his gang of pals. Kouroussa is a wonderful place where Baba learns about life. But like all little boys Baba grows and now he is old enough to continue his studies in Conakry. He must say farewell to his village and cross all Guinea to the capital city of Guinea to live with his uncle.

Dialogue Timeline — 764 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:08 15 years after the writer's death

00:03:39 All right. Thank you.

00:07:32 Every morning before classes start

00:10:46 The bastard should be here now!

00:13:55 Where will he go?

00:15:50 The spirits have spoken.

00:20:21 Then the snake would hide.

00:24:41 All right.

00:32:47 Yes, it is.

00:34:32 It's Uncle Moussa. Thank God.

00:36:34 My first daughter. You.

00:39:50 See that?

00:42:49 Good.

00:44:35 He's a mechanic.

00:46:23 is when you plant the bean that sprouts.

00:50:22 - No. - Why?

00:55:47 No! Why?

00:58:45 Meat.

01:00:55 What's wrong, Auntie?

01:03:53 and you'll be respected.

01:07:51 - Is he kind to you? - He's nice.

01:11:34 Not a friend

01:15:41 and you'll repeat the year.

01:22:12 I've got photos of Conakry.

Cast & Characters

Baba Camara L'enfant noir (Baba Camara) Madou Camara Madou, le père Kouda Camara Kouda, la mère Koumba Doumbouya Koumba, la tante Yaya Traoré Le marchand d'or Awa Traoré La chasseresse Gamélè Soma L'albinos Bintou Traoré Zara Kagone Adama Sacko

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed764

Dialogue density8.3 lines / min

First line00:00:08

Final line01:22:12

Production Record

DirectorLaurent Chevallier

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes44