Eat Bitter

Movie"A local construction worker and a Chinese engineer are assigned to build a bank in the Central African Republic But time and resources are scarce there are rumours of civil war and their personal lives are not going too well either"
Audience Score
20
NR 1 hr 33 minDocumentary
A local construction worker and a Chinese engineer are assigned to build a bank in Bangui the capital of the Central African Republic one of the poorest countries in the world But time is short and resources are scarce and there are rumours in the countryside that a new civil war is brewing And as if all this wasnt bad enough their relationships to their wives are falling apart Eat Bitter mirrors the existential and mundane problems of the two men while an unlikely friendship and mutual trust blossoms between them However the chaotic microcosm of the construction site also mirrors Chinas contradictory role in 21st century Africa with the bank itself as the ultimate symbol of money power and illusion Director duo Pascale ApporaGnekindy and Ningyi Sun themselves represent each of the two cultures and their film has a unique eye for the human fallibility and irony of it all but also for how we can reach each other despite all our many differences
DirectorsPascale Appora-GnekindyNingyi Sun
WritersPascale Appora-GnekindyMatthieu FaureNingyi Sun

Movie Details

Original Language:Sango
Executive Producers:Matthieu Faure, Steve Dorst
Production Companies:KeaKwis Productions Oaz Picture Entertainment Perpetuo Films MJagger