How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired

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Audiences rate it 33 points higher than critics do.

Synopsis

A warm summer in Montreal. Two black men, Man and Bouba, share an apartment. Man is an ambitious author, writing on The Great Novel. Bouba is a lazy amateur philosopher who quotes the Koran. Man's habit of picking up young white women makes many young white men jealous...

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Key crew

• Dany LaferrièreWriter
• Jacques W. BenoitDirector
• Richard SadlerWriter
• Manu DibangoOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Isaach de BankoléVieux
• Maka KottoBouba
• Antoine DurandFrançois
• Mark BromilowDesmond
• Roberta WeissMiz Littérature
• Myriam CyrMiz Suicide
• Jacques LegrasVendeur de machines à écrire
• Marie-Josée GauthierMiz Mystique
• Susan AlmgrenMiz Duras
• Alexandra InnesMiz Oh my God
• Nathalie CoupalMiz Désabusée
• Isabelle L'ÉcuyerMiz Rousse

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