Wendemi

1993 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · DIR. S. Pierre Yameogo

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 961 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 RESTORED BY THE CINÉMATHÈQUE AFRIQUE,
00:02:48 You want me to make Cécile talk?
00:08:03 Here she is.
00:11:11 What do you want us to do?
00:14:49 Actually, I'm glad you came.
00:18:17 Who is my father then?
00:22:11 Maybe we'll meet again some day.
00:26:39 If you had treated him properly, this would never have happened.
00:30:04 Nobody would take him.
00:34:42 You must beg the chief to let me go home.
00:37:40 We can only make talismans.
00:41:09 Since the chief left him with us,
00:44:49 It is getting late.
00:51:09 Where is he?
00:54:34 see that guy,
00:59:33 You can do better than that.
01:03:04 What's wrong?
01:05:45 -Okay? -On the dot.
01:09:39 he brings back two bags of rice and three sacks of millet.
01:12:37 Don't they look similar?
01:16:30 He's a friend.
01:21:27 -Do you know Assita? -What is her last name?
01:24:49 I'm sorry, Dad.
01:34:25 ORIGINAL TELEIPRO LAB RECORD, AUGUST 1992.

Cast & Characters

Sylvain Minonugou Wendemi
Sylvie Yameogo Cecile
Alassane Dakissaga Michel
Abdoulaye Komboudri The Son of the Man
Sotigui Kouyaté

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed961
Dialogue density10.1 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:34:25

Production Record

DirectorS. Pierre Yameogo
LanguageFrench

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