Mambar Pierrette
Rosine Mbakam | Belgium, Cameroon | 2023 | 93'
Screenings
Mon 6 May H 19:00
Section
Original title
Mambar Pierrette
Synopsis
The city of Douala is in trepidation for the start of the new school year. A long queue of customers come to Mambar Pierrette (cousin of the director who puts herself on stage) to get their clothes ready. More than just a dressmaker, in the neighbourhood she becomes the confidante of her customers. But when the rain starts pouring down and threatens to flood her small workshop – one of several successive misfortunes – Pierrette will have to stay afloat.
Cast
Pierrette Aboheu, Duval Franklin Nwodu Chinedu, Marguerite Mbakop
Films Distribution
The Party Film Sales
Production
Tândor Productions, RTBF, TV5MONDE, Fonds Image de la Francophonie (OIF), Coopération belge au développement (DGD), Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles (CBA)
Editing
Rosine Mbakam
Cinematography
Fiona Braillon
Editing
Geoffroy Cernaix
Language
Bamileke, Pidgin, French
Subtitles
English, Italian
Premiere
Italian premiere
Main awards
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Biography
Rosine Mbakam born in Yaoundé (Cameroon). After she had trained at a video production centre founded by COE and studied at Institut Supérieur des Arts (INSAS), she founded her own production company Tândor Productions. She directed short films and feature-length documentaries such as Chez Jolie Coiffure (2018) and Delphine’s Prayers (2021). Mambar Pierrette, her fiction feature debut, was presented at Quinzaine des Cinéastes - Cannes 2023.
Filmography
2023 - Mambar Pierrette, ff
2021 - Delphine’s Prayers, ff
2018 - Chez Jolie Coiffure, ff
2016 - The Two Faces of a Bamiléké Woman, ff
2012 - You Will Be My Ally, sf
2011 - Les portes du passé, sf