Identity Pieces Explained

Identity Pieces
Director:Mwezé Ngangura
Producer:Mwezé Ngangura
Music:Jean-Louis Daulne
Papa Wemba
Cinematography:Jacques Besse
Editing:France Duez
Ingrid Ralet
Distributor:California Newsreel (USA)
Runtime:97 minutes
Country:Belgium
France
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Language:French
English
Dutch
Lingala
Kingwana
Kikongo
Tshiluba

Identity Pieces (French: '''Pièces d'identités''') is a 1998 Belgian/French/Congolese comedy film written and directed by Mwezé Ngangura. It premiered at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival.

Plot

Mani Kongo (Gérard Essomba) is the king of the Bakongo. His only daughter, Mwana (Dominique Mesa), left for Belgium as a young child in hopes of becoming a doctor, but contact with her had been lost over the past few years. Mani Kongo decides to travel to Belgium in search of his beloved daughter. On arriving he will have to cope with the very best and the very worst of the black diaspora, as well as with prejudices rampant in European society. He himself will find good friends amongst poor low-class whites.

Cast

Awards

Identity Pieces won several awards at the 1999 Panafrican Film and Television Festival, including the grand prize. It also won the People's Choice Award at the Denver International Film Festival.