Muna moto
Dikongué-Pipa forged a new African cinematic language in Muna moto, a delicate, emotionally resonant love story. In a Cameroon village, the rigid customs governing courtship and marriage mean that a betrothed couple, though deeply in love, can be torn apart by the lack of a dowry and another man’s claiming the young woman—a rupture that sets the stage for a clash between a patriarchal society and a modern generation. Luminous black-and-white cinematography and stylistic flourishes yield images of haunting power in this potent depiction, told via flashback, of the challenges of postcolonialism and the devastating consequences of a community’s refusal to deviate from tradition.
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Cast
- David Endene
- Ngando
- Arlette Din Bell
- Ndomé
- Jeanne Mvondo
- Ngando’s mother
- Abia Moukoko
- Ngando’s uncle
- Jacky Kingue
- Mbella, Ngando’s friend
- Gisèle Dikongué-Pipa
- Child
- Esther Mwembe
- Uncle’s wife
- Catherine Biboum
- Uncle’s wife
- Justine Sengue
- Uncle’s wife
- Samuel Baongla
- Ndomé’s father
Credits
- Director
- Dikongué-Pipa
- Written by
- Dikongué-Pipa
- Assistant director
- Manfred Ngom
- Editor
- Andrée Davanture
- Editor
- Dominique Saint-Cyr
- Editor
- Jules Takam
- Cinematography
- Jean-Pierre Dezalay
- Cinematography
- Jean-Luc Leon
- Cinematography
- M. Tagny
- Sound recordist
- Ambroise Ayongo
- Sound recordist
- Joseph Betare
- Sound mixing
- Robert Hamard
- Sound effects
- Henry Humbert
- Original music
- A.G.A’Styl
- Songs
- Georges Anderson
- Set design
- Dikongué-Pipa
- Costumes
- Anne Bebe
- Production manager
- Dikongué-Pipa
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