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

Published San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [1987]

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Description 1 online resource (85 min.) : sddigital, color Series Library of African Cinema Library of African Cinema (Streaming) 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 Notes Converted with permission from DVD videodisc to streaming video format Credits Editor, Martine Giordano ; music, Papa Wemba, Klody, Zaiko Langa Langa, Tshala Muana Performer Papa Wemba, Bibi Krubwa, Landu Nzunzimba Matshia, Kanku Kasongo, Lokinda Mengi Feza Alfa, Kalimazi Lombume Riva Notes In French with English subtitles Includes public performance rights on campus only. IaU DVD version record Won 1987 Ghent International Film Festival, Georges Delerue Prize Won 1987 Taormina International Film Festival, Bronze Mask Subject Music -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Drama Man-woman relationships -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Drama Manners and customs. Cultural Characteristics customs (social concepts) Man-woman relationships Music Social conditions SUBJECT Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions -- Drama Subject Congo (Democratic Republic) Genre/Form Foreing films Comedy films Drama Parody films Feature films. Parody films. Comedy films. Parodies de films. Films comiques. Form Streaming video Author Papa Wemba. Krubwa, Bibi. Ngangura Mweze. Lamy, Benoit. León, Maryse. Lamy Films. Stephan Films. Sol'Oeil Films. Office zaïrois de radiodiffusion et de télévision. Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française California Newsreel (Firm)

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