Synopsis
To fill a sleepless night, the President-for-life-founder, first citizen of "his" country, plays checkers with the man in the street known as champion in every category... And that night he becomes the "Father of the Nation"...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Myriapodus Films
- Co-production : Centre National du Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : Myriapodus Films
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : Stephan Oriach
- Screenwriter : Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda
- Director of Photography : Roland Duboze
- Music Composer : So Kalméry
- Editor : Martine Brun
- Sound Recordist : Willy Kombeny
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French, African dialect
- Coproducer countries : Gabon, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (Gabon, France)
- Production year : 1997
- Runtime : 40 min
- Visa number : 89.355
- Visa issue date : 11/03/1997
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
News & awards
Selections (2)
Awards (1)
Lutin Short Film Awards
France, 1998
Lutin Award for Best Screenplay : Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda
Lutin Award for Best Original Music : So Kalméry
Delegations (1)
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