Movie Description
Le silence de la forêt
(2003)Overview
A film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what to call that 'other.' The subtitles in the film use the familiar word 'pygmies,' a relatively pejorative European term; the Bantu or villagers' expression for the same group, Babingas, carries similar negative connotations. These highly specialized, tropical rainforest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.)
Featured Crew
- Director : Didier Ouénangaré,Bassek Ba Kobhio
- Writer : Bassek Ba Kobhio,Didier Ouénangaré,Marcel Bealieu
- Editor : Joseph Licidé
- Cast : Ériq Ebouaney,Nadège Beausson-Diagne,Sonia Zembourou,Philippe Mory
Cast
Facts
Original TitleLe silence de la forêt
Status Released
Release Information
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2003-01-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 33m
Production CompaniesARTE France Cinéma,Centre National du Cinéma,Les Films Terre Africaine
Genres
- Drama
- Adventure