A farmer named Boubacar decides to stop being poor and to try his luck. He buys an old swaying Peugeot from a crafty West Indian from the village so he can turn it into a bush taxi. Its engine gives way but the farmer does not give up, he even gets more ingenious and tries to turn the engine into a flour mill. The financial issues of his family get worse and his wife has to prostitute herself, without him knowing, to provide for her couple and their two disabled daughters. Her husband will try to turn the tables once more and the engine will be turned into a barbecue that he will se to sell grilled corn on the sidewalk.

a film by Jean ODOUTAN

starring
Laurentine Milebo, Antoine Champême, Jean Odoutan

France / Benin, 2000, Fiction, 1h30, comedy, 35 mm

1st feature film


Title: Barbecue - Pejo
Pays : France / Benin
Duration: 90'
Type: feature film
Genre: Comedy

CAST
- Jean ODOUTAN (Boubacar)
- Laurentine MILÉBO (Fati)
- Gladys AGBOLIAGBO (Rafia)
- Olivia AGBOLIAGBO (Djita)
- Didier DORLIPO (Didier-Djack (Nuhuru)
- Adama KOUYATÉ (Vieil édenté)
- Koffi GAHOU (Boubacar's Brother-in-Law)
- Roland ODOUTAN (Camara)
- Claire HOUNGBO (Auntie)
- Chimène AGBOLIAGBO (Fifi)
- Guy SALLAN (El Hadj Traoré)
- Michel DOTOU (Chef de Canton)
- Rémy MAZET (European Peugeot seller)
- Carole Le BIHAN (European Lady Peugeot seller)
- Grace DOTOU (Brother-in-law's ex-wife)
- Odette HESSOU (Clothilde)
- Nicole DADJO (Seynabou)
- Cyrano AMOULE RUFIN (El Hadj Traoré's Employee)
- Olive GBÉDJI - Rachel NOUKOUNDJO & all the lovelies ODOUTAN from Lobagbomé village (Wanton prostitutes)
- Eric TODAN (Mechanic)
- Ambroise ADJOU (Forefather Nounagnon)
- Vianney TOBOGNON (Political Adviser)
- Arsène YÉMANDÈ (Corn carrier)
- Herman BODJRÉNOU (Drunk on the roof of the 504)
- Joséphine MÉDÉGAN (Grandmother palm wine)
- Jean GBÉDJI (Old man with a cane)
- Amélie HÉGBÉ (Mum displeased in front of the windmill)
- Pierre ODOUTAN (Father of Boubacar's stepfather)
- Henriette AZILINON (Mother of Boubacar's stepfather)

- Executive Producer : Jean ODOUTAN

- Director: Jean ODOUTAN
- Screenwriter: Jean ODOUTAN
- Technical Advisor: Pascal THOMAS
- Sound engineer : Issa TRAORÉ SENIOR
- Cinematographer: Valério TRUFFA
- Original Music: Jean ODOUTAN
- Editor: Cécile DUBOIS
- Make-Up Artist: Fabienne MEKA
- Costumes : Jean ODOUTAN
- Continuity Supervisor: Martine BRUN
- Premier Assistant Réalisateur : Christophe CHIESA et Herman BODJRÉNOU
- Seconds Assistant Réalisateur : Arsène YÉMANDÉ, Alphonse ATACOLODJOU
- Stagiaires : Erwan JEGOUZO, Valérie CAEN
- Directeur de Production : Christian LAMBERT
- Assistantes de Production : Patricia LOUETTE, Anne-Marie GARCIA
- Comptable : Doda RAVELOSON
- Cadreurs : Rémy MAZET, Valério TRUFFA
- Assistante Caméra : Laure SAUTON
- Etalonneur : Jean-Pierre GALLET
- Photographe de Plateau : Carole LE BIHAN
- Assistant du Son : Olivier RENET
- Stagiaires Son : Jonathan TAMBANOU, Didier DITCHOU
- Assistantes Costumes : Fabienne MEKA, Carole LE BIHAN
- Décors : Jean ODOUTAN, Alfred ODOUTAN
- Construction de décor et de route : Vianney TOGBONOU, Olivier FERMIER et toute la famille ODOUTAN-ERIOLLAH de Lobagbomé
- Accessoiristes : Vianney TOGBONOU, Olive GBÉDJI
- Effets spéciaux : Olivier FERMIER
- Casting : Jean ODOUTAN
- Assistants Casting : Patricia LOUETTE, Alphonse ATACOLODJOU
- Figuration : Herman BODJRÉNOU
- Chef Electricien : Rémi MAZET
- Assistant Electricien : Sedou OUEDRAOGO
- Stagiaires Electriciens : Didier DITCHOU, Mathieu APOVO
- Machiniste : Seydou BADO
- Groupman : Sylvain KABORÉ
- Régisseur Général France : Christian LAMBERT
- Régisseurs Généraux Bénin : Daniel ODOUTAN-ERIOLLAH, Christian LAMBERT
- Assistants Régisseurs : Les ODOUTAN de Lobagbomé
- Régisseur de Plateau : Patricia LOUETTE
- Chauffeur Mécanicien : François ADANDÉ
- Chauffeur : Mathieu FANDY COFFI
- Montage Son : Frédéric BIELLE
- Mixage : Jacques THOMAS-GÉRARD
- Claviers : Jean ODOUTAN, Abdel Kader GASSAMA
- Basse : Rody CEREYON
- Guitare : Michaël SENE
- Saxophone : Thierry FARRUGIA
- Trombone : Bernard CAMOIN
- Trompette : Christian MARTINEZ
- Choristes : Nadine E. MBAPPÉ, Ursula ORCEL
- Programmation : Jacques LANDAIS, Jean ODOUTAN
- Ingénieurs du Son Musique : Nicolas BERGER, Jarvis LAUCHLAND, Joël DIRNINGER
- Assistant : Eric CLAUDIN
- Pellicules : FUJI
- Caméra : PANAVISION ALGA
- Laboratoire : CITELAB
- Son et Montage son : ELISON
- Lumière : CINECOM
- Machinerie : ROS PRODUCTION
- Transit : FILM AIR SERVICE, DHL
- Report Optique : AUDIS DE JOINVILLE
- Assurances : GROUPE DUFAUD
- Générique - Effets spéciaux : ERCIDAN
- Mixage : AUDITEL, TELETOTA.

PRODUCTION
45rdlc
www.45rdlc.com/barbecue-pejo/

with the support of CNC (avance sur recettes)

DISTRIBUTION
45rdlc

LINKS
www.45rdlc.com/barbecue-pejo/

Release
France: on 26 January 2000

PRIX
* Actress Award, to Laurentine MILEBO /// Khouribga African Film Festival (Morocco)
* Actress Award, to Laurentine MILEBO /// Milan African Film Festival (Italy)

FESTIVALS (Selections)
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Toronto (Canada)
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New York (USA)
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