From his village in northern Senegal, 13-year-old Yao is willing to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to Dakar to promote his new book, Seydou is visiting his homeland for the first time. Determined to make his dream come true, Yao runs away from home and journeys 387 kilometers alone to the capital. Moved by the boy’s courage, the actor decides to escape his commitments and take Yao back home himself. But on the dusty, unpredictable roads of Senegal, Seydou soon realizes that by driving the boy back to his village, he is also finding his own roots.
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Screenplay : Agnès De Sacy, Philippe Godeau, Kossi Effoui
DoP : Jean-Marc Fabre
Music : Matthieu Chedid
Editing : Hervé De Luze
Sound : Jean-Luc Audy, Loïc Prian, Jean-Paul Hurier
Production : Pan-Européenne, Korokoro
Coproduction : France 2 Cinéma
Distribution France :Pathé Films
YAO
A film by Philippe Godeau
Release date 23.01.2019
104 min
Comedy
With Lionel Louis Basse, Omar Sy, Fatoumata Diawara
