Le jardin de papa (2004)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Zeka Laplaine

Writer:

Zeka Laplaine (writer)

Release Date:

18 May 2005 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

While on their honeymoon in Africa, a young French couple gets sidetracked by a series of odd events and swept up in the fervor of a coming election. |

Plot Keywords:

Africa | Honeymoon | Taxi Driver | Taxi | Racial Prejudice

Cast

Rim Turkhi	...	Marie (as Rim Turki)
Princesse Erika	...	Kapinga (as Princess Erika)
Akéla Sagna	...	Tamba
Laurent Labasse	...	Jean
Thierno Ndiaye Doss	...	Kalou
Kader Diarra	...	Zebra
Oubri G. Gbati	...	Doc
Nicaise Ndodine	...	Papy
Marie Avril	...	Sophie
Omar Seck	...	Le policier
Marie-Madeleine Diallo	...	La rôdeuse

Also Known As:

The Garden (International: English title)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

France | Democratic Republic of Congo

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Bakia Films

Sometimes films bashing white people are also made by black filmmakers .

A big shock is in store for all who are finding this film's title appealing. "Father's Garden". Well, all the nature lovers will be highly and mightily disappointed. There is no sight of any exotic African garden in this film. What can one presumably see in this film ? One can see how a white newly wed French couple is badly beaten by black (coloured) African hoodlums. There are scenes of a French woman who is feeling nostalgic about Africa as she was born there. What is the problem ? It is quite evident that two wrongs cannot make a right. So the basic idea of "white bashing" is wrong. It is absolutely true that, in a not so distant past, white people did all kinds of atrocities on their black brothers but that should not result,under any circumstances,in the same unfair treatment to white brothers and sisters in today's contemporary world. So from this valid point of view this movie fails to deliver any message. As far as an ideological yardstick is concerned, the white producers are to be blamed for having financed this project. Why did they do something as mischievous as this ? Well, it is quite easy to guess. Many films are made exclusively for black audiences. Since the black poor are generally people, it is the white people who finance such films.All in all, this film might set a bad precedent for our talented filmmakers from Africa.