International Panorama · 45th Edition
Disco Afrika : A Malagasy Story
Director
Luck Razanajaona
Country
Madagascar, Qatar, France, Germany, South Africa
Runtime
1 h 21 min
Language
Malagasy
Premiere
Egyptian Premiere
Synopsis
Kwame, a twenty-year-old struggling to survive in clandestinesapphire mines, is unexpectedly taken back to his hometown.Upon reuniting with his mother and old friends, he confrontsthe widespread corruption in his country and is faced withcritical decisions.
Cast
Parista SAMBO
Screenplay
Luck Razanajaona, François Hébert, Marcelo Novais Teles , Ludovic Rianando Randriamanantsoa
Producers
Jonathan Rubin
About the Director
Luck RazanajaonaLuck Razanajaona comes from Madagascar and studied atthe Ecole Supérieure des Arts Visuels in Marrakech, Morocco.He has participated in and developed his projects at BerlinaleTalents, Rotterdam Lab and La Fabrique des Cinémas du Mondein Cannes. His short films and feature-length documentarieshave been screened at numerous festivals around the world. DiscoAfrika: A Malagasy Story is his first feature-length fiction film.
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