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Voyage à Ouaga

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Voyage à Ouaga
Directed byCamille Mouyéké
Written byCamille Mouyéké
Produced byMaka Kotto
Xavier Letourneur
Aïssa Maïga
Elena Zoubkou
StarringEric Laugérias
Maka Kotto
Xavier Letourneur
Aïssa Maïga
René Morard
CinematographyJean-Michel Humeau
Edited byOdile Bonis
Catherine Renault
Music byMichel Montoyat
Production
company
Allison Productions
Distributed byAllison Productions
Release date
  • 2001 (2001) (Burkina Faso)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesCongo
France
LanguageFrench

Voyage à Ouaga, is a 2001 Congolese-French drama thriller film directed by Camille Mouyéké and co-produced by Maka Kotto, Xavier Letourneur, Aïssa Maïga and Elena Zoubkou.[1] The film stars Eric Laugérias in the lead role whereas Maka Kotto, Xavier Letourneur, Aïssa Maïga and René Morard made supportive roles. The film revolves around Lionel, a young Frenchman, who lost everything after having just arrived in Cotonou, Benin during the riots in the city.[2]

The film made its premier in 2001.[3] The film received mixed reviews from critics and screened at many film festivals.[4] In the same year, the film won the Audience Award at the Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film. Then the film won the Award of the City of Ouagadougou at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO).[5]

Cast

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  • Eric Laugérias as Lionel
  • Maka Kotto as Zao
  • Xavier Letourneur as Marcel
  • Aïssa Maïga as Loutaya
  • René Morard as Max
  • Tom Ouedraogo as Sékou
  • Bénédicte Roy as Victoria

References

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  1. ^ "Films: Africultures : Voyage à Ouaga". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  2. ^ "IFcinéma - Voyage à Ouaga". ifcinema.institutfrancais.com. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  3. ^ AlloCine. "Voyage à Ouaga" (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  4. ^ "Films d´Afrique: Film-Details". www.filme-aus-afrika.de. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  5. ^ "Voyage à Ouaga - accolades". Retrieved 2021-10-08.
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