The Taste of Palm Wine

A playful, reflective drift through a city that turns an unlikely car ride into a wry meditation on money, history and who we never bothered to see.

Directed by

Jean-Pierre Bekolo

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Starring

Caroline Ducrocq, Emile Abossolo M'bo, Félix Kama

Overview

Escaping from her daughter, who has eyes only for her inheritance and accuses her of dilapidating the family fortune, Ariane, the richest woman in France but already an old woman, thwarts security to escape from the prison of her mansion where her family has locked her up because she dared to shower a gigolo with gifts. With her African chauffeur Aristide at the wheel of the Bentley, they wander around Paris with no real destination. For the first time, Ariane becomes interested in the origins and the personality of this black man, until now « invisible », who has been driving her for ten years. It's in this way that Africa will impose itself on her through Aristide's stories, African food and palm wine. An adventure into the unreal, where Africa becomes the way out and the lifeline from the family impasse in which she finds herself. If money can’t make you happy, try Africa.

How it feels

Satirical, whimsical, melancholic and warm. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Class, colonialism, family, identity

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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