A Trip to the Country
MovieTitle | Vacances au pays |
User score | 6.5 |
Release date | Jan 1, 2000 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Jean-Marie Téno |
Production country | Cameroon, France, Germany |
Production companies | Les Films du Raphia |
Run time | 75 min. |
Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno directs this impassioned documentary about the slow crumbling of traditional morals and values caused by colonialism and globalization. The film traces Teno's journey from his base in France to Cameroon's capital Yaounde to his hometown of Mbieng. In the process, he captures images of corroding infrastructures and corrupt officials.