La vie est belle = Life is rosy /
La Vie est belle tells the rags to riches story of Kourou, a poor rural musician who realizes that to succeed in today's music world he must go to the city and break into radio and television. In Kinshasa he uses his wit and talent to win a beautiful wife, trick his greedy boss and succeed in s...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | In French with English subtitles. |
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San Francisco, CA :
California Newsreel,
[1987]
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| Series: | Library of African Cinema (Streaming)
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | La Vie est belle tells the rags to riches story of Kourou, a poor rural musician who realizes that to succeed in today's music world he must go to the city and break into radio and television. In Kinshasa he uses his wit and talent to win a beautiful wife, trick his greedy boss and succeed in singing his "theme song" on national television. Although the film is primarily entertainment, it reveals much about class divisions, male-female relations, the desires of the urban poor, and the economic and social problems confronting rural immigrants to the cities of Zaire. |
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| Item Description: | Converted with permission from DVD videodisc to streaming video format. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (85 min.) : sddigital, color. |
| Playing Time: | 01:23:17 |
| Awards: | Won 1987 Ghent International Film Festival, Georges Delerue Prize Won 1987 Taormina International Film Festival, Bronze Mask |
| Production Credits: | Editor, Martine Giordano ; music, Papa Wemba, Klody, Zaiko Langa Langa, Tshala Muana. |