A seamstress in Douala, Pierrette raises her children alone and looks after her mother. She is used to living hand to mouth, but she still has to navigate the odd pickpocket and the flooding of her house and workshop. Pierrette stiches together cloth, holding together the film and the fabric of her life, while her clients offload to her about their problems.
A fiction built largely from documentary material, "Mambar Pierrette" is admirably straightforward and without pathos. It is a reflection of its leading actress: valiant, discreet and above all resilient.

mit / starring / avec
Pierrette Aboheu, Karelle Kenmogne, Cécile Tchana

em filme de / a film by / un film de / ein film von
Rosine MBAKAM

2023 | Belgium, Cameroon | Fiction | 1h33 | DCP - VOSTFR | Visa n°160 503


CAST / ACTRICES-ACTEURS
Pierrette Aboheu (Pierrette Mambar),
Karelle Kenmogne (Karelle),
Cécile Tchana (Mabreuh),
Fabrice Ndjeuthat (Alphonse)


Director / Réalisatrice
Rosine Mbakam

Screenplay / Scénario
Rosine Mbakam

Photography / Images
Fiona Braillon

Sound / Son
Loïc Villiot, Roger Mboupda, Aline Gavroy

Production design / Décors
Laurent Kamga

Editing / Montage
Geoffroy Cernaix

production / production
Tândor Productions (Belgium)
Geoffroy Cernaix
+32 486 69 53 85
tandor.prod@gmail.com
www. tandorproductions.com

foreign sales / Ventes
The Party Film Sales
sales@thepartysales.com
www.thepartysales.com

Press France / Presse France
Makna Presse
Chloé Lorenzi
Marie-Lou Duvauchelle
+ 33 1 42 77 00 16
+ 33 6 71 74 98 30
info@maknapr.com

international press / Presse internationale
Makna Presse
festival@maknapr.com


FESTIVALS
- Quinzaine des Cinéastes (Cannes, 2023)
- TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, 2023)
- AFI FEST (Los Angeles)
- BFI London Film Festival (Londres)
- Festival International du Cinéma Francophone en Acadie (FICFA)
- Französische Filmtage Tübingen Stuttgart (Tübingen-Stuttgart, 2023)
- IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Amsterdam)
- Leeds International Film Festival (Leeds)
- Marrakech International Film Festival (Marrakech)
- RIDM - Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (Montréal)
- São Paulo International Film Festival (São Paulo)
- Afriques en Vision (Bordeaux, 2023)



Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en/film/mambar-pierrette
- https://singularisfilms.fr/mambar-pierrette/
Updated by Mouhamadou SALL, Thierno DIA, 20 Jan 2024