Synopsis
I am a muanapoto. This means, in Lingala, the majority language in the Congo, "the child of France." I lead two lives: on the one hand my life with my boyfriend, on the other my weekends with my mother Suzanne, who doesn't know that I'm homosexual. At 30, I begin an intimate investigation to understand what prevents me from talking to her about it. By getting my mother to talk about what I don't know about her, her past, and her culture, I discover the way not to be the only one to announce part of my identity. It's the beginning of a dialogue.
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Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Yukunkun Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Nelson Ghrénassia
- Screenwriter : Chriss Itoua
- Director of Photography : Arnaud Alain
- Editor : Ann Sophie Wieder
- Sound Recordist : Thibaut Sichet
- Production manager : Marine Schappely
- Sound Editor : Thibaut Sichet
- Grader : Matthieu Chatellier
- Sound mixer : Anna Devillaire
- Participants : Suzanne Odjo, Gaëtan Henry, Exaucée Odjo, Cécilia Itoua
- Sound design : Renaud Perret
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Portrait, Research - Experimental
- Themes : Minorities, Society, Childhood
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 28 min 32 seconds
- Visa number : 157.400
- Visa issue date : 01/12/2022
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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https://www.yukunkun.fr/projet/muanapoto
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