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Wend Kuuni

Wênd Kûuni

1982

In pre-colonial West Africa, a traveling peddler finds a mute boy abandoned in the bush and leaves him with a village family, where the child slowly heals — until a shock finally unlocks the secret of his silence. A landmark of African cinema.

Part of 10 Essential Films from Burkina Faso

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