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Kirikou, an unusual little boy, must search the wisdom of the forbidden mountain in order to save his village from a spell cast by the evil sorceress KarabaKirikou, an unusual little boy, must search the wisdom of the forbidden mountain in order to save his village from a spell cast by the evil sorceress KarabaKirikou, an unusual little boy, must search the wisdom of the forbidden mountain in order to save his village from a spell cast by the evil sorceress Karaba
- Awards
- 11 wins & 1 nomination
Maimouna N'Diaye
- La Mère
- (voice)
Awa Sene Sarr
- Karaba
- (voice)
- (as Awa Sène Sarr)
Robert Liensol
- Le Sage dans la montagne
- (voice)
- (as Robert Lionsol)
William Nadylam
- Kirikou jeune homme
- (voice)
- (as William Nadylam-Yotnda)
Sebastien Hebrant
- Kirikou jeune homme
- (voice)
- (as Sébastien Hébrant)
Thilombo Lubambu
- L'Oncle
- (voice)
- (as Tshilombo Lubambu)
Moustapha Diop
- Fétiche sur le toît
- (voice)
- (as Mouhamadou Moustapha Diop)
Isseu Niang
- La Femme maigre
- (voice)
Adjoua Barry
- La Fille moyenne
- (voice)
Abdoulaye Diop
- Le Vieillard
- (voice)
- (as Abdoulayé Diop Yama)
Tabata Ndiaye
- La Femme âgée
- (voice)
- (as Thiaba N'Diaye)
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Did you know
- TriviaMichel Ocelot's directorial film debut.
- Quotes
Kirikou: [Kirikou is already born] Mother, wash me!
The Mother: A child who can bring himself into the world can wash himself.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)
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Kirikou and The Sorceress is a story of a very small but extremely brave boy, Kirikou, born in a little village somewhere in Africa. Kirikou can walk and talk already when he is born and he starts to set things right in his village. He is very determined and always finds a solution, whatever the problem is. There is an evil sorceress, Karaba, who is tormenting Kirikou's village. She has to be bribed and soothed constantly, she has dried the well and she threatened she will eat all the men from the village... and there are not many of them left. Brave warriors have vanished, possibly have been devoured by the witch, when they tried to fight him. Little Kirikou decides it is not wise to fight Karaba, but to negotiate with her. One day Kirikou walks to the hut of the sorceress...
Extremely beautiful, thrilling story, told in brilliant tones of color and folklore. Very down-to-earth and descriptive by the ways of African life: women naked above the waist, carrying water from long distances, making food, the village elders passing on the stories to the younger ones. My seven year old son, who is used to see the usual smoothed-out, big money animations, was hesitating at first when I showed him the movie. He said the cover looked "funny" and different, and it does. When the movie started, he couldn't stop watching it, he was totally captivated by the story and I enjoyed it very much as well. Excellent story, great animation, rich colors, folklore mixed with everyday life and superstition, great original music by Youssou N'Dour. Highly recommendable. Choose this over any talking funny animals-video.
Extremely beautiful, thrilling story, told in brilliant tones of color and folklore. Very down-to-earth and descriptive by the ways of African life: women naked above the waist, carrying water from long distances, making food, the village elders passing on the stories to the younger ones. My seven year old son, who is used to see the usual smoothed-out, big money animations, was hesitating at first when I showed him the movie. He said the cover looked "funny" and different, and it does. When the movie started, he couldn't stop watching it, he was totally captivated by the story and I enjoyed it very much as well. Excellent story, great animation, rich colors, folklore mixed with everyday life and superstition, great original music by Youssou N'Dour. Highly recommendable. Choose this over any talking funny animals-video.
- MadameCassel
- Mar 14, 2005
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- €3,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $281,179
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By what name was Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) officially released in India in English?
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