Perle Noire
France, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
1994
27 Min
Color
French
An unscrupulous man forces his wife into prostitution. Thanks to her boss, the latter will manage to revolt. —Africine
Born in 1958. He has lived in Switzerland since 1980. First he began his career as an actor in the United States and France. He won the Best Actor for the comedy “Gito the ungrateful” directed by Leonce Ngabo (Burundi) at the FESPACO awards in 1993.
Since 1994, he has written and directed several short films. In 1998, he directed the first African film shot in China: “The stranger from Africa” (“Feizhou Laowai”, 13 min.) This film looks at the funny confrontation of cultures. A romance between a Chinese woman and her fiance Lulu an African student. —Africulture