Macadam Tribu Explained

Macadam Tribu
Director:José Zeka Laplaine
Producer:Flamingo Films (France) / Bakia Films (RDC) / Animatografo (Portugal)
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:Democratic Republic of the Congo
Language:French (subtitles)
Music:Papa Wemba / Christian POLLONI

Macadam Tribu is a 1996 comedy-drama produced by José Zeka Laplaine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The film was selected as the Democratic Republic of the Congo's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1] [2]

Plot

Two brothers, Mike (recently released from prison) and Kapa roam the streets, bars and boxing halls with Duka, their neighborhood friend.Duka is the result of a not-so-secret fling with Papa Sandu, who owns the neighborhood bar.[3] In the evening, everyone ends up in the bar to discuss the events of the day, the street and the TV.This is also where Bavusi, the mother of Mike and Kapa, comes to remember better times. Other people of the neighborhood who meet at the bar include a policeman and prostitutes. Each has their place. One day, Duka decides to return to the ring to face the great champion Kabeya. The whole neighborhood is there to support him, but the fight goes wrong and Duka falls into a coma.

The characters outwit the authorities, make deals with each other and undertake communal projects that bring them together, notably a theatre project.Afro-pop music provides a background to the film.[4]

Reception

Le Monde said that in this lively but disenchanted street the director José Laplaine brings his characters to life with humor and affection. There is no real story ...La Tribune Desfosses said that "With Macadam Tribu, the Zairian José Laplaine directs a story of a warm African city punctuated by the music of Papa Wemba, the Zairian rumba king. ".

Festivals

The film was shown at a number of festivals:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  2. Web site: [//www.oscars.org/pressreleases/97.11.24.html 44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations ]. . 24 November 1997 . 13 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/19980213090309/http://www.oscars.org/pressreleases/97.11.24.html . 13 February 1998 . dead .
  3. Web site: Movie Archive: Macadam Tribu . Cineplex . 2012-03-20.
  4. Book: The brain is the screen: Deleuze and the philosophy of cinema . 243 . Gregory Flaxman . U of Minnesota Press . 2000 . 0816634475.