Rabi (1992) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1992 · 62 mins · French

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Directed by

Gaston Kaboré

Starring

Joséphine Kaboré, Colette Kaboré, Joseph Nikiema, Chantal Nikiema, Yacouba Kaboré, Sylvia Nopoko Guem

After a blacksmith crashes his bike avoiding a tortoise, he brings the creature home. His twelve‑year‑old son Rabi becomes obsessed, neglecting chores. When the father discards the tortoise, grandfather Pusga finds a larger one for him. Rabi’s fixation leads him to defy parental authority, while Pusga gently teaches him nature’s visible and hidden ways, imparting liberty, responsibility and respect for life, and awakens old feelings in the grandfather.