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Clando (1996)

Clando (1996)

Drama
Release Date: 1996, March 1
Directors: Jean-Marie Téno
Countries: Cameroon, Germany, France
Production: ARTE, ARTE, ZDF, ZDF, Les Films du Raphia, Les Films du Raphia
Cast: Joseph Momo, Paulin Fodouop, Caroline Redl, Henriette Fenda, Guillaume Nana

Overview:

Proud and determined, the hunter set out, leaving behind his village ravaged by a terrible drought. All the villagers came out to wish him well, and everyone gave what he could: an egg, a handful of peanuts or a few kola nuts... As in the folktale, Sobgui, a former computer programmer who now drives a "clando" cab in Douala, flees to Europe to escape a life in Cameroon which has become unbearable. In Cologne (Germany), Sobgui joins a community of African emigrants. Most are hard-working and ambitious people. Sobgui begins a love affair with Madeleine, a German political activist who encourages Sobgui and his friends to return home and fight for change.