Joseph Momo
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Baleveng, Cameroon
Birthday: June 14, 1952
Deathday: October 07, 2022
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Drummer-Crab
Overview: "Le Crabe Tambour" ("Drummer Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-11-09
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The African
Overview: Charlotte flies to East Africa to build a tourist center near Lake Williams where the pygmies live. Here she meets her husband Victor, a devoted conservationist who left her three years ago to live in the jungle. Can you imagine his enthusiasm when she arrives at the conclusion that the ideal place to build this holiday resort is his kitchen garden?
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-10-22
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Le Tueur triste
Overview: A crime comedy directed by Nicolas Gessner.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-12-21
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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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Does This Mean We're Married?
Overview: It's a green-card marriage romance. Deena, an American standup comic living in Paris, has an expired visa. So, she marries Nick Foulliet, a struggling musician with a different woman for every day of the week. First the immigration investigation, and then a series of financial disasters push Deena and Nick into spending time together, and they fall in love. But can their in-name-only marriage become real?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-29
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Djib
Overview: Djibril, nicknamed Djib, is a 13 year old black teenager, a rebel of the 90s, who lives with his grandmother in Asnières. He has a strange philosophy that he has posted above his bed: "A black person must never let himself be called the n-word by someone other than a black person, it's the worst insult". He is in love with Joséphine, an "Arab-Gauloise fatou" and decides to offer her a dream vacation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-11-29
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Clando
Overview: Proud and determined, the hunter set out, leaving behind his village ravaged by a terrible drought. All the villagers came out to wish him well, and everyone gave what he could: an egg, a handful of peanuts or a few kola nuts... As in the folktale, Sobgui, a former computer programmer who now drives a "clando" cab in Douala, flees to Europe to escape a life in Cameroon which has become unbearable. In Cologne (Germany), Sobgui joins a community of African emigrants. Most are hard-working and ambitious people. Sobgui begins a love affair with Madeleine, a German political activist who encourages Sobgui and his friends to return home and fight for change.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-03-01
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The Syringe
Overview: Good dope is becoming rare in the North of Paris. Drugstores are being raided by junkies and gangs are nervous, fighting each others: the 'Viets', the 'Blackies', the 'Arabs', the neo-nazis 'Justiciers' and some mean gays. Vincent (Daniel Auteuil) is the good cop coming from Marseilles where he was a gangster. He's a soft method guy but also kicks assses hard and throw lethal dialog lines when needed. With the precious help of 'l'Arbalète'* (Marisa Berenson**), a tox' prostitute ex-member of Vincent's former gang, he will try to put order in that mess. There's also a violent and racist cop (Marcel Bozzuffi), Algeria veteran with hard methods, whose role could be more than to protect and to serve.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-11-14
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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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-01-31
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Diên Biên Phu
Overview: Vietnam, 1954. An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the battle of Điện Biên Phủ, between the French army and the Vietminh.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-03-04
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Dog Day
Overview: A criminal shows up at a farmhouse with the law on his heels and several million dollars in his possession.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-01-10
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La Haine
Overview: After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-05-31
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The Gods Must Be Daring
Overview: A priceless statuette "Dancing God" is transfered from Africa to France. Scoundrels of all stripes are dreaming of steeling it. The most clever of them are trying to replace the original with the copy. Chases, adventures, breathtaking stunts, shootouts - life is not worth a penny, when the priceless treasure is on stake.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-04-30
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African Fever
Overview: A young woman decides to organize an intercontinental festival of African songs in Cameroon.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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