Fragments of Life
Overview
The film follows three stories that take place in the slums of a city in French Equatorial Africa. At nightfall, people seem to regain a vitality which explodes in the bars to the rhythm of the latest hits from the music charts. The first part tells the story of Petit-Jean, a young graduate, who is unemployed and roams the city in search of work. From humiliations to frustrations, the destiny of this young ordinary African changes dramatically. The second part follows a young girl who transforms herself into an angel of death in order to free herself from a traumatic past. The final section is of an encounter between a woman and a man who seem ordinary at first, but a past which the woman had thought had forever disappeared, resurfaces in this man.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 11, 2000
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Belgium, Cameroon
- Director
- François Woukoache
- Writer
- François Woukoache
- Cinematography
- Bonaventure Takoukam
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0278452