The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
After Polish-born writer-director Janusz Mrozowski, a French resident for the past 30 years, made a series of 30-minute films based on African writings, he was approached by Africans to do a cinematic survey of past events in African history. Filming in Burkina Faso, Mrozowski responded with this comedy about a dictator kidnapped from the present-day and taken back through the mists of time. There he meets the mother of humanity, Lucy, who teaches him the basics of sexual equality. By the time he returns to the present, he's also received an education in 16th-century slave-trading and European influences on Africa.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Janusz MrozowskiDirector
Cast
- Tom NovembreGeorges, the bad white spirit
- Pierre-Loup RajotFather Edouard
- Ann-Gisel GlassSister Stella
- Aïssa MaïgaLucy
- Adrienne KoutouanAlbertine
- Désiré KoumsongoAdama
- Bala MoussaCissé
- Mikhaïl SleptsovThe polish waiter
Themes
fable