Peugeot Barbecue (movie)
Barbecue-Pejo- User score: 5
- Production country: Benin, France
- Producer: Jean Odoutan
- Production companies: Tabou-Tabac Films, 45 RDLC
- Genre: Comedy
- Release date: 1/26/2000
- Run time: 86 min.
Movie description
A young peasant, Boubacar, owner of a corn field, wants to break free of his wretched existence and has an idea for a new job. He sells his field and uses the money to buy a broken-down old Peugeot 504 from an European couple. Boubacar wants to try his hand at being a bush taxi driver. But very soon, he sees that his dream cannot become reality : the engine of the old jalopy dies on him. Boubacar is ruined. His wife is forced into prostitution in the corn fields to meet the family's needs. But Boubacar is a resourceful, philosophical man. He strips the car down and uses the engine of the 504 as a barbecue to sell grilled corn in the streets. His hopes of being rich are renewed.
