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Film: Aya of Yop City

  • Films
  • Ages 12+

Aya de Yopougon
84 mins
FRA | 2013 | dir.s Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie | Cert TBC

Adapted from the popular comic book series by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, the film follows the adventures of Aya, a 19-year-old girl living in Yopougon, Ivory Coast, at the end of the 1970s. Aya is a serious girl who works hard and never gets in trouble, but when her best friend accidentally becomes pregnant, her life is turned upside down…