Life Is Rosy
A young man with dreams of pursuing a career in music moves form his small village to the capital. Along the way he falls head over heels for a woman - the same woman his boss is also pursuing for his own reasons.
Mwezé Ngangura
Benoît Lamy
Benoît Lamy
Maryse León García
Mwezé Ngangura
Casts & Crew
Papa Wemba
Landu Nzunzimbu Matshia
Bibi Krubwa
Kanko Kasongo
Lokinda Menji Feza
Kalimazi Lombume Riva
Mazaza Mukoko
Tumba Ayila
Mujinga Mbuji Inabanza
Pépé Kallé
Alamba Engongo
Maître Nono
Bwanando Ngimbi
Also Directed by Mwezé Ngangura
A Congolese king arrives in Brussels in search of his long-lost daughter.
Kin Kiesse is a 1982 documentary film about "Kin" (Kinshasa), the capital of Zaire, and the capital of paradoxes and excesses, commentated on by one of its naïf artists, the painter Chéri Samba. We discover the "Kin" of night clubs, high buildings, bicycle-taxis, shoe shiners and hairdressers, the "Kin" of poor neighborhoods, but, above all, the "Kin" of music, where all the genres rub elbows, from beer party brass bands to the rumba to traditional dances, without leaving out the in-fashion bands of the time.
An African ethnologist on the Marolliens, the oldest community of Brussels.
A rare documentary made in Brussels in the early nineties collecting witnesses on how local and Congolese musicians enriched each other including internationally known stars such as Manu Dibango, Toots Tielemans, Vaya Con Dios, Phillippe Catherine, Victor Laszlo, Zap Mama...
Documentary directed by Mweze Ngangura.
Also Directed by Benoît Lamy
Benoît Lamy short film
During the height of the tourist season, the rivalry between the manager of a slightly fancy restaurant and the proprietor of a nearby fast-food stand becomes quite heated, and shots are fired. I n this comedy, the restaurant is run with an iron hand by its "patronne," (Annie Girardot), and the help eventually have had enough. If that weren't sufficient trouble, the children of the owners of both establishments are romantically entangled, further infuriating the passions of the feuding food fanatics. Such an unbearable situation naturally pits half of the population against the other. .
Once upon a time a carnivorous advertising methodist (Richard Bohringer) finds himself stuck between floors in an old elevator. The owner of the deserted building (Ute Lemper) does not help, but plays with him like a prey trapped. To get out, he threatens, attempts to seduce, to deceive, to be honest. After this confrontation for several days...
Feature film.