Slotfilm: Mambar Pierrette (20:00, Cinema ZED)
Tuesday 30 April, 20:00
Cinema ZED Vesalius aula, Andreas Vesaliusstraat 9c, 3000 Leuven
MAMBAR PIERRETTE
Rosine Mbakam / Cameroon, Belgium / 2023 / 93 min.
Cast: Pierrette Aboheu, Karelle Kenmogne, Cécile Tchana, Fabrice Ndjeuthat
VO: Bamileke, French, Pidgin
ST: Dutch, English
The start of the new school year causes a rush in Mambar Pierrette's sewing workshop. In a suburb of the Cameroonian city of Douala, she spends days at a stretch sewing school uniforms. Too often, friends and neighbours turn up needing a listening ear for their problems, all the while her own worries keep piling up.
What if the true heroine is not Wonder Woman, but a seamstress from Douala, Cameroon, who never gives up despite daily setbacks? This portrait shows the viewer the much-needed resilience of a young mother in her daily struggles.
In the presence of the producer, Geoffroy Cernaix.
Doors open from 8pm.
After the film, everyone is welcome to the closing reception of the 29th edition of the Africa Film Festival!