Main Cast: Desire Koumsongo, Adrienne Koutouan, Aïssa Maïga, Tom Novembre, Ann-Gisele Glass
Release Year: 1998
Country: BF/FR
Run Time: 87 minutes
Plot
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. Shown at the 1998 FESPACO Pan-African Film Festival (Ouagadougou). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Cast
Desire Koumsongo - Adama
Adrienne Koutouan - Albertine
Aïssa Maïga - Lucy
Tom Novembre - Evil White Spirit
Ann-Gisele Glass - Sister Stella
Pierre-Loup Rajot - Father Edouard; Bala Moussa; Albertine; Mikhail Sleptsov
Credit
Maxime Rebiere - Art Director, Maxime Rebiere - Costume Designer, Janusz Mrozowski - Director, Claudine Bouché - Editor, Jeanne Moutard - Editor, Evelyne Georges - Executive Producer, Madeline Vicensini - Executive Producer, Rodolphe Burger - Composer (Music Score), Kat Onoma - Composer (Music Score), Francois About - Cinematographer, Janusz Mrozowski - Producer, Eric Munch - Sound/Sound Designer, Janusz Mrozowski - Screenwriter
