Boyi biyo (Double Lung)
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Production year2019
Runtime27 min
Synopsis
We call them Boyi biyo, or ‘double lung’: they are the meat pushers. Every morning, they wait at the slaughterhouse for their trolley to be filled with large quarters of meat. Then they run through the city to their master butcher. Shilo is one of them. He runs and runs every day. Because Shilo also has a dream : to win the Bangui marathon.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Ateliers Varan
- Foreign production company : Alliance française de Bangui
Full credits (2)
- Editor : Gilles Volta
- Sound recordists : Christian Oussein, Rafiki Fariala
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : Economics, Family, Sport
- Production language : Sango
- Coproducer countries : France (50.0%), Democratic Republic of the Congo (50.0%)
News & awards
News (2)
Selections (2)
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The Netherlands, 2020
Compétition films d'étudiants
Awards (1)
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The Netherlands, 2020
Prix du meilleur documentaire étudiant
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