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God's Gift

God's Gift

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 27, 1983

Runtime

1h 11m

Genres

Drama

User Score

64%

Original Title

Wênd Kûuni

Production Companies

Direction du Cinema Haute Volta

Director

Gaston Kaboré

Description

In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. When the boy comes to, he is mute and cannot explain who he is. The peddler leaves him with a family in the nearest village. After a search for his parents, the family adopts him, giving him the name Wend Kuuni (God's Gift) and a loving sister with whom he bonds. Wend Kuuni regains his speech only after witnessing a tragic event that prompts him to reveal his own painful history.