Mama Colonel
Synopsis
Colonel Honorine Munyole is a robust forty-four-year-old widow and mother of seven young children – four of her own, three adopted. She wields her uniform, beret and black handbag like a protective shield, which her daily work desperately requires. More or less on her own, she runs a small police unit dedicated to protecting women who’ve been raped and children who’ve suffered abuse in the war-plagued regions of the Congo. At the start of Maman Colonelle, she’s transferred from Bukavu to Kisangani, arriving only to discover her future home and office in a desolate state. While she deals with such practical obstacles with suitable feistiness, the traumas and social deformities of the people around her have nightmarish dimensions: the envy surrounding those with state-recognised ‘victim’ status, hope for help from the ‘whites’, depression, helplessness. Although it’s hard for a Western audience to understand from where exactly this woman draws her strength, we follow her mission with growing fascination nonetheless. The film is at once a tribute to a heroine of our times and the document of a true achievement with respect to civilization.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Cinédoc Films
- Foreign production company : Mutotu Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Andana Films
Full credits (4)
- Executive Producer : Christian Lelong
- Screenwriter : Dieudo Hamadi
- Editor : Anne Renardet
- Foreign Producer : Kiripi Katembo Siku
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : French, Swahili, Lingalà
- Coproducer countries : France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal)
- Production year : 2016
- French release :
- Runtime : 1 h 12 min
- Current status :
- Visa number : 142.745
- Approval :
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