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Yatin is a Béninois film of genre Drama
Yatin (2002)
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Add to a movie listYatin : Lieu de souffrance est un film chrétien béninois réalisé par Christine Madeleine Botokou et sorti en 2002.
Premier long-métrage béninois tourné en vidéo et premier film chrétien francophone d'Afrique de l'Ouest, Yatin est devenu un classique, notamment utilisé pour l'évangélisation, qui a rencontré le succès bien au-delà des frontières béninoises, notamment au Togo, au Burkina Faso et en Côte d'Ivoire.
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L'histoire se déroule dans le village imaginaire de Yatin qui vit sous l'emprise des forces traditionnelles et de leurs puissances maléfiques. La population, sous le joug du roi, des prêtres vaudou et des sorciers, voit son épanouissement rendu difficile.Comments
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