Bongolo (film)
Bongolo | |
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Directed by | André Cauvin |
Written by | André Cauvin |
Produced by | André Cauvin (uncredited) |
Cinematography | Roger Fellous |
Edited by | Max Brenner |
Release date | 1952 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Belgium |
Language | French |
Bongolo (also known as Bongolo and the Negro Princess) is a 1952 Belgian film directed by André Cauvin. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot[]
A young Congolese man works as a nurse at a health center lost in the jungle. He falls in love with the daughter of the local king and convinces her to forget her prejudices and ancestral rites. The elders, who oppose the wedding, burn down the health center.
Cast[]
- as Doka
- as Comments
- as (voice)
- as Bongolo
- as (voice)
References[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Bongolo". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
External links[]
- Bongolo at IMDb
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA)
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1952 films
- Belgian films
- Films directed by André Cauvin
- Belgian film stubs