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Bye Bye Africa

Bye Bye Africa

5,8 /10 (10 Votes)
2003 FR 86 min

Overview

A Chadian film director who lives and works in France returns home upon the death of his mother. He is shocked at the degraded state of the country and the national cinema. The filmmaker decides to make a film dedicated to his mother.

Release date

05/11/2003

Votes

10

Popularity

0.1

Status

Released

Language

FR

Runtime

86 min

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r96sk

r96sk

2024-01-04

⭐ 6

An interesting film out of Chad. There isn't much 'meat on the bones', so to speak, as it kinda meanders through its 90 or so minute run time, but it without a doubt holds interest as it portrays a fictionalized version of director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's journey. Haroun also stars and does do well, as do a few of the others - namely Aïcha Yelena. It is a pleasant enough watch and a respectable effort, just not one I'd wanna revisit in search of entertainment in a hurry. Definitely some noteworthy points in there though, specifically when it comes to film distribution out of parts of Afri…

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