Barbecue-Pejo

Benin, France

2000

86 Min

Color

French

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CAST Jean Odoutan, Laurentine Milebo, Gladys Agboliagbo, Olivia Agboliagbo, Didier Dorlipo, Adama Kouyaté, Koffi Gahou, Roland Odoutan, Claire Houngbo

A poor Beninoise corn farmer wanting to break out of his deep misery buys a shaky Peugeot 504 and tries his hand at being a bush cabdriver. When the engine of his jalopy breaks down, he converts it into a flour mill, but it too soon fails. When his wife is forced to prostitute herself to support the family, he decides to give one last effort to make something profitable out of his only two resources-his corn and his fickle Peugeot. Recounted as a black fable full of comic characters, Odutan’s dreamlike story confronts a society where the bonds of social solidarity have broken. —Nwfilm

Director

Jean Odoutan

Paris-based producer, scriptwriter, director, composer and actor Jean Odoutan is Benin’s flagship. He has made four films in five years; his first film, Barbaque Pejo (1999), was set in Benin. He followed up with Djib in 2000 and Mama Aloko in 2001. His 2003 production, La Valse des Gros Derieres (The Waltz of the fat bottoms) is a comedy dealing with attempts of a hairdresser struggling to become a top model. He owns Tabou-Tabac, the only production company in Benin. —Southworld