Kirikou and the Sorceress

(1998)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 1,187 votes

Genres: Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Family

Year: 1998

Runtime: 71 мин

Country: France, Belgium

Director: Michel Ocelot

Cast: Doudou Gueye Thiaw, Maimouna N'Diaye, Awa Sène Sarr, Robert Liensol, William Nadylam, Sebastien Hebrant, Thilombo Lubambu, Rémi Bichet, Marie Augustine Diatta, Moustapha Diop

Plot

Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.

In a little village somewhere in Africa, a boy named Kirikou is born. But he's not a normal boy, because he knows what he wants very well. Also he already can speak and walk. His mother tells him how an evil sorceress has dried up their spring and devoured all males of the village except of one. Hence little Kirikou decides, he will accompany the last warrior to the sorceress. Due to his intrepidity he may be the last hope of the village.