Aya of Yop City

Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie:

Aya of Yop City
(Aya de Yopougon)

France, 2013. 88 minutes.

The story takes place at the end of the 1970s in the Ivory Coast, city of Youpougon, in a working class neighborhood renamed Yop City, where a 19-year-old Aya lives. Aya is a serious young woman, who prefers to stay home studying instead of going out with her girlfriends. Aya divides her time between school, her family, and her two best friends Adjoua and Bintou. Things go awry when Adjoua becomes pregnant. The film is an adaptation of the French comic series carrying the same name, written by Marguerite Abouet and drawn by Clément Oubrerie.

The screening takes place at Turku Book Café, Vanha Suurtori 3

Time: Wed 24.8.2022 at 9.30 pm

Rating: Not rated

Category: Animation, drama, comedy

Please note that the spoken language in the film is French and the subtitles are in English.