Cast
Moussa Blogo Aoua Guiraud Assita Ouedraogo Fatima Ouedraogo Omar Ouedraogo Salif Ouedraogo
Credits
Written by: 
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Music: Betty Aoua Francis Bebey
Produced by: Mario Gariazzo
Plot
His first feature, a drama about a family in a famine.
Sinekatalog’s take
Idrissa Ouédraogo's first feature follows a family forced to leave its village by drought and famine in the Sahel. Spare and dignified, with long takes and real faces, it is a powerful, humane debut about survival.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (195 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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