La vie est belle = Life is rosy / production, Lamy Films (Bruxelles), Stephan Films (Paris), Sol'oeil Films (Kinshasa), en co-production avec L'O.Z.R.T. Office Zaïrois de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision avec la R.T.B.F. Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française de Belgique ; producteur délégué, Benoit Lamy ; scénario, Ngangura Mweze, Maryse Léon, Benoit Lamy ; réalisation, Benoit Lamy, Ngangura Mwese.
1987
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Title
La vie est belle = Life is rosy / production, Lamy Films (Bruxelles), Stephan Films (Paris), Sol'oeil Films (Kinshasa), en co-production avec L'O.Z.R.T. Office Zaïrois de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision avec la R.T.B.F. Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française de Belgique ; producteur délégué, Benoit Lamy ; scénario, Ngangura Mweze, Maryse Léon, Benoit Lamy ; réalisation, Benoit Lamy, Ngangura Mwese.
Variant Title
Parallel title on container: Life is rosy
Imprint
San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [1987]
Language
French
Language Note
In French with English subtitles.
Description
1 online resource (85 min.) : sddigital, color.
Duration
012317
System Control No.
(OCoLC)894313094
Summary
La Vie est belle tells the rags to riches story of Kourou, a poor rural musician who realizes that to succeed in today's music world he must go to the city and break into radio and television. In Kinshasa he uses his wit and talent to win a beautiful wife, trick his greedy boss and succeed in singing his "theme song" on national television. Although the film is primarily entertainment, it reveals much about class divisions, male-female relations, the desires of the urban poor, and the economic and social problems confronting rural immigrants to the cities of Zaire.
Note
Converted with permission from DVD videodisc to streaming video format.
Papa Wemba, Bibi Krubwa, Landu Nzunzimba Matshia, Kanku Kasongo, Lokinda Mengi Feza Alfa, Kalimazi Lombume Riva.
Papa Wemba, Bibi Krubwa, Landu Nzunzimba Matshia, Kanku Kasongo, Lokinda Mengi Feza Alfa, Kalimazi Lombume Riva.
Credits
Editor, Martine Giordano ; music, Papa Wemba, Klody, Zaiko Langa Langa, Tshala Muana.
Usage Note
Includes public performance rights on campus only.
Digital File Characteristics
data file
Awards
Won 1987 Ghent International Film Festival, Georges Delerue Prize
Won 1987 Taormina International Film Festival, Bronze Mask
Won 1987 Taormina International Film Festival, Bronze Mask
Source of Description
DVD version record.
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Series
Library of African Cinema (Streaming)
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