The Draughtsmen Clash
Le Damierby Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda0h401996Gabon
Recommended byJean-Pierre Bekolo
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The president of a fictitious African nation spends a sleepless night playing checkers with a vagabond who claims to be the all-round champion. However, the rules of the game entail the opponents howling vulgar and foul obscenities at one another. The champion proceeds to insult, and trounce, the President...
Credits
- Directed by : Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda
- Screenplay : Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda
- Editor : Martine Brun, Victor Howcq
- Original score : So Kalmery
- Producing company : Myriapodus Films
- Production : Stéphan Oriach
- Chef opérateur : Roland Duboze
Technical details
- Printed format :
- Year of production : 1996
- Category : Short film
- Color : Black and White / Colors
- Language : Français, Dialecte africain
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