Kirikou Collection

Doudou Gueye Thiaw

Maimouna N'Diaye

Awa Sène Sarr

Robert Liensol

William Nadylam

Sebastien Hebrant

Thilombo Lubambu

Rémi Bichet

Marie Augustine Diatta

Moustapha Diop

Isseu Niang

Selly Raby Kane

Erick Patrick Correa

Adjoua Barry

Charles Edouard Gomis Correa

Marie-Louise Shedeye Diiddi

Abdoulayé Diop Yama

Josephine Theodora M'Boup

Tabata N'Diaye

Samba Wane

Aminatha N'Diaye

François Chicaïa

N'Deyé Aïta N'Diaye

Abdou El Aziz Gueye

Boury Kandé

Assy Dieng Bâ

Michel Elias

Michel Ocelot

Youssou N'Dour

Dominique Lefever

Ieva Šmite

Ilze Ruska

Taiga Zīle

Paul Thiltges

Thierry Million

Dace Saulite

Zoltán Madarász

Áron Gauder

Anne–Lise Koehler

Zane Kozuhovska

Róbert Egri

Dace Liepa

Violette Vercruyssen

Sarmite Pape

Didier Brunner

Iveta Hincenberga

Arlette Zylberberg

Magda Éber

Jacques Vercruyssen

István Heim

Erika Varga

Marina Trede

Vilnis Kalnaellis

Roberts Cinkuss

Hajnal Eszes

Sarmite Gulbe

Péter Kemény

Laila Veidenberga

Valentina Lietuviete

Dita Masena

Elita Kanepe

Rūta Mežavilka

Iliana Panaiotova-Franklin

Fantasy

Adventure

Animation

Family

Kirikou et la sorcière

Les Armateurs

Monipoly Productions

France 3 Cinéma

RTBF

France

Belgium

Luxembourg

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This is a really joyous animation to watch. A pregnant lady gives birth to a determined young infant who can immediately walk, talk and who names himself "Kirikou". Enthusiastic, questioning, innocent - he discovers that his village well has been stopped up by the evil sorceress "Karaba" and so decides to rectify the situation. His adventures are fun, simple - as is the animation - with plenty of humour from the dialogue, just the tiniest degree of menace and some interesting characterisations for our young man to engage with along the way. The film looks a little at the superstitions that guide this small West African community, but also at their people's synergies with nature - the whole collaborative way in which humans and other animals co-exist (or not). The themes are relayed cleverly using the naivety of a child's eyes - and that's frequently poignant, comical, amusing - and surprisingly practical. The young boy engages with the animal kingdom in a plausible way too - they don't speak, indeed frequently the collection of squirrels, wart-hogs and snakes react naturally when they encounter him - scoring away or taking him on. "Kirikou" is a can-do child! Sure, if he was your's you might have wanted to throttle him at birth - he is a tad precocious, but if this film doesn't make you smile and feel better, then I don't know what will....

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Kirikou and the Sorceress

Kirikou and the Sorceress - Trailer