Aya of Yop City
2013 · Movie · 84 min · ★ 7.2 · 74% critics
While Aya has dreams of becoming a doctor, her two best friends, Adjoua and Bintou, just like to hang out and spend their evenings dancing, drinking and flirting with boys. Their ambition is to follow Plan C: Combs, Clothes and Chasing Men! But big trouble comes to town when Adjoua realizes she’s pregnant, and the baby’s father is the spoiled son of one of the richest and most feared men in the whole country.
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Details
- Original title
- Aya de Yopougon
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-07-17
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (53 votes)
- Box office
- $314,047
Themes
- cheating
- africa
- 1970s
- female friendship
- love affair
- based on graphic novel
- woman director
- ivory coast
- unplanned pregnancy
- classism
- west africa
- côte d'ivoire
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Aïssa Maïga
as Aya
Tella Kpomahou
as Bintou
Tatiana Rojo
as Adjoua
Jacky Ido
as Ignace / Herve / Moussa / Basile / Sidiki / Arsene
Emile Abossolo M'bo
as Koffi / Dieudonné / Gervais / Mamadou's father / Lady market
Ériq Ebouaney
as Hyacinthe
Pascal N'Zonzi
as Bonaventure Sissoko
- AE
Atou Ecare
as Simone Sissoko
Claudia Tagbo
as Jeanne / Alphonsine
Sabine Pakora
as Koro / Modestine
Directed by Marguerite Abouet, Clement Oubrerie