EAT BITTER

Credits

Name: EAT BITTER

Country: Zentralafrikanische Republik/China

Year of publication: 2023

Format: DCP

Color: color

Language : OmeU

Duration: 96 Minuten

Series: 21. Afrika Film Festival Köln

Direction: Sun, Ningyi; Appora-Gnekindy, Pascale

Abstract

Luan, a Chinese immigrant in Bangui in the Central African Republic, is a site manager. He is supervising the construction of a bank's head office. At the other end of the chain, Thomas, a Central African, dives into the river every day to collect sand used in the construction of the bank. These two very different destinies share a common dream: a better future. In this documentary, filmmakers Pascale Appora-Gnekindy & Ningyi Sun present the intersecting portraits of two men, two families and two communities, living side by side in a country marked by a long civil war. EAT BITTER is an invitation to look beyond appearances.