AYA OF YOP CITY

| 2004 – 100′ – Drama, Romance, Comedy, Animation.
Written by: Marguerite Abouet.
Based on the graphics Novels by: Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie.
Directed by: Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie.
Starring (voices): Aïssa Maïga, Tatiana Rojo, Tella Kpomahou, Jacky Ido, Emil Abossolo M’Bo, Ériq Ebouaney, Pascal N’Zonzi, Claudia Tagbo, Jean-Baptiste Anoumon, Djedje Apali, Corinne Haccandy.
César Nomination Best Animated Feature 2014.
Official Competition COLCOA 2013.
In French with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber release. |

Set against the colorful and spirited backdrop of the Ivory Coast in the 1970s, Aya of Yop City is a vibrant, beautifully animated adaptation of the best-selling series of graphic novels by co-director Marguerite Abouet.Aya is 19, and she loves her neighborhood of Yop City in Abidjan, where everyone knows each other. It’s always lively, with open markets, colorful fabrics, funky cafés and music everywhere. Her mom Fanta is the neighborhood’s most trusted healer. Her dad is a sales rep for a brewery, and certainly gets his fill of the product. 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. How can he possibly tell his old man?

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