Summaries

Story of a young caricaturist who works in an opposition newspaper and his relations with his father, Imam of the Great Mosque of Conakry.

Details

Keywords
  • young
  • place name in title
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Apr 29, 2008
Countries of origin France Guinea
Language French
Filming locations Conakry, Guinea
Production companies Conakry-Ouagadougou-Paris Films (COP) Films Djoliba, Les

Box office

Gross worldwide $10561

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 37m
Color Color
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

Bangali alias BB is a modern and progressive cartoonist. His father Karamo as well as his elder brother Amine are rather experienced in the practice of religion and respect forancestral traditions. BB is in love with Kesso, but cannot introduce her to his father, because she is a computer scientist from a middle-class family, and does not fit the kind of woman he is supposed to want as a wife.For several weeks, drought has been raging in Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea. In this context, the political power holds secret a favorable weather report andand takes advantage of the situation to strengthen, by a clever subterfuge, its relations with the religious dignitaries. Indeed, to increase the influence of the clergy on the population in order to benefit from it during the future elections, the minister of cults offers them an envelope and asks them to pray to divine providence for rain.In this way, the city's inhabitants are able to make a living from their work, and they are able to make a living from their work and from their lives. This leads to an open conflict when Karamo learns from the newspaper that it is his ownThis is the case when Karamo learns from the newspaper that it is his own son BB who is behind this ill-timed and distasteful criticism.In addition, Kesso's announced pregnancy at this time exacerbates this already tense situation, because for Karamo, a child born out of wedlock is a bastard who would sully the family line.This is the case with the In this way, the work of the author, who is also an artist, is able to create a new way of looking at the world.

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