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The African Doctor

2016 · 94 min

A warm, gently funny culture-clash story that wins you over as a wary village slowly opens its heart.

Directed by
Julien Rambaldi
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Marc Zinga, Aïssa Maïga, Jonathan Lambert
Overview
1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to flee tyranny, is hired by the mayor of a small town in northern France, he begins a struggle to adapt to a new life and gain the trust of the prejudiced villagers.

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Directed by
Julien Rambaldi
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Marc Zinga, Aïssa Maïga, Jonathan Lambert
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • race
  • identity
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Julien Rambaldi
Written by
Benoît Graffin, Julien Rambaldi, Kamini Zantoko
Starring
Marc Zinga, Aïssa Maïga, Jonathan Lambert, Rufus, Bayron Lebli, Médina Diarra, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Stéphane Bissot
Music
Emmanuel Rambaldi
Cinematography
Yannick Ressigeac
Runtime
94 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French, Lingala

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