Gérard Essomba
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The President
2013-10-09
The President
Overview: Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Pierre Bekolo's newest work uses split-screens (at times, up to four images simultaneously) to present a fake documentary in which "the president" has disappeared; talk-show hosts, rivals, politicians and even rappers chime in on what may have occurred, and what their president for life has—or has not—done for Cameroon.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-10-09
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The Rue Princesse Street
1994-01-02
The Rue Princesse Street
Overview: Emile, his wife Fanta and their four children lead a comfortable existence. Jean, the eldest son, is interested only in music to his father's regret. One day Jean is sent away from home because of it...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-01-02
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Operation Leopard
1980-01-09
Operation Leopard
Overview: In May 1978, the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Belgian Congo) is under attack from a group of communist guerillas coming from nearby Angola. The Europeans who work for the Belgian mining company and the Blacks who live in the town are taken as hostages by the invaders, who start a blood bath, shooting Europeans as well as Africans. Many of the Europeans being French, the French decide to organize a counter-attack, and to send a Regiment of Paratroopers from the Foreign Legion. The movie follows the stories of Delbart, a former non-commissioned officer, who was about to go back to France with his African wife and his child, Damrémont, who was Delbart's replacement, Bia, a Zairian doctor, and Annie, an American married to a Belgian engineer as well as Non com Legion officer Federico and the French Ambassador and the Military Attaché.
Genres: War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-01-09
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Pieces of Identity
1998-09-14
Pieces of Identity
Overview: A Congolese king arrives in Brussels in search of his long-lost daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-09-14
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Daresalam
2001-01-01
Daresalam
Overview: In a small Central African village, boyhood friends Djimi and Koni have come of age under a post-colonial government that levies crippling taxes and legally robs local farmers of their meager crops. When impulsive Koni savagely attacks a visiting government official, the resulting massacre forces the two friends on a journey that will transform them from boys into men, from farmers into soldiers and from villagers into revolutionaries. "We fight in one world so we can live in another," declares Koni as the two battle shoulder to shoulder against government troops. But while Koni embraces the politics and carnage of their dangerous new guerilla existence, Djimi longs for the simplicity and grace of the village life they've left behind. As the rebels move closer to victory, the two friends move closer to a clash of their own.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Dance My Love
1979-01-31
Dance My Love
Overview: A filmmaker finds his brother who he has not seen for ten years and introduces him to the world of African musicians in Paris.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-01-31
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The Nonentity
1986-08-13
The Nonentity
Overview: Each evening, four men – a doctor, a journalist, a professor and a merchant – meet up in a deserted bar to play cards. As they play, the bar’s owner, her downtrodden barman (nicknamed “le paltoquet”) and a strange woman in white watch from a distance. One night, the card game is disturbed when a police inspector suddenly appears and declares that a dead body has been found nearby. Certain that one of the four men is the murderer, the inspector starts his investigation. All the evidence suggests that the doctor did the deed, but we soon learn that nothing is quite what it seems…
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-08-13
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Life Point
2017-02-27
Life Point
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-02-27
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