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Cassava Metaphor (The)

  • Métaphore du manioc (La)
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title : Metáfora de la mandioca (La) [Spain]
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2010
Format : Short
Running time : 15 (in minutes)
http://www.unifrance.org/film/31364/la-metaphore-du-manioc

Coco, a Cameroonian cab driver, chats up a pretty young woman as he drives her to the airport. The woman is strangely absent from the conversation and looks longingly at the streets she is supposed to be leaving behind. Well-shot and intriguing.

French with English subtitles, Video, 15 min
dir. Lionel Meta, Cameroon/France 2010 Short

Actors : Ricky Tribord (Taxi driver), Mata Claudine Gabin (Taxi passenger), Daniel Ndo (Policeman)
Executive Producer : Lionel Meta
Director : Lionel Meta
Screenwriter : Lionel Meta
Foreign Producer : Adrien Tsague
Director of Photography : Christophe Larue
Sound Recordist : Olivier Roux
Production Manager : Adrien Tsague
Editor : Fabien Wouters
Sound Editor : Olivier Roux
Continuity supervisor : Pascaline Vion
Production Designer : Gérard Mbella
Music Composer : Olivier Bessaignet
Costume Designer : Mama Vero
Special Effects : Angelos Angelidis
Sound Mixer : Olivier Roux

Associate production company : Ether Productions
Foreign production company : Entre 2 Mondes

Technical details
Short film
Genres : Fiction
Subgenres : Drama, Legend
Themes : Encounters
Production language : French
Nationality : Majority French (France, Cameroon)
Production year : 2010
Runtime : 15mn
Visa number : 124.844
Production formats : HD
Screening format : 35mm - DigiBeta
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Sound format : Dolby SR

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Amanece en Yaundé. Coco, un camerunés de unos veinte años, es taxista y lleva en su vehículo a una mujer joven y guapa hacia el aeropuerto. Aprovecha para intentar ligar, pero ella parece no oírle.


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