YAO
synopsis
Yao, a young boy who loves books and dreams of adventure, runs away from his village in northern Senegal- 240 miles to Dakar to meet his hero, a renowned French actor visiting his native country. Moved by the boy’s dedication, the actor decides to accompany him back home. But on the byways of Senegal, nothing ever happens as expected. And as they share the dusty, adventure-filled journey to Yao's village, the actor realizes he is also traveling towards his own roots...
| original title: | Yao |
| working title: | Racine |
| country: | France, Senegal |
| sales agent: | Goodfellas |
| year: | 2019 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Philippe Godeau |
| film run: | 103' |
| release date: | FR 23/01/2019, CH 23/01/2019, BE 20/03/2019, IT 4/04/2019, SE 17/05/2019, ES 6/09/2019 |
| screenplay: | Agnès De Sacy, Philippe Godeau, Kossi Effoui |
| cast: | Omar Sy, Lionel Basse, Fatoumata Diawara, Germaine Acogny, Alibeta Gourvenec, Gwendolyn Gourvenec, Maxime D'Aboville, Aristote Laios |
| cinematography by: | Jean-Marc Fabre |
| film editing: | Hervé de Luze |
| music: | Matthieu Chedid |
| producer: | Philippe Godeau, Omar Sy |
| co-producer: | Nathalie Gastaldo Godeau |
| executive producer: | Jean-Yves Asselin |
| production: | Pan Cinéma (Pan-Européenne), Korokoro, France 2 Cinéma |
| distributor: | Pathé Distribution, Filmcoopi, Cinéart, CINEMA, Diamond Films, Njutafilms, Another World Entertainment Norway A/S |
