Basic Info
Release: January 01, 2003
Runtime: 93 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.0/10 (2 votes)
Status: Released
The Silence of the Forest
2003
93 min
⭐ 6.0/10
2 votes
Overview
A film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what to call that 'other.' The subtitles in the film use the familiar word 'pygmies,' a relatively pejorative European term; the Bantu or villagers' expression for the same group, Babingas, carries similar negative connotations. These highly specialized, tropical rainforest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.)
Genres
Drama
Adventure
Production Countries
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- France
- Gabon
Spoken Languages
- French fr
- Sango sg
Cast
Ériq Ebouaney
Gonaba
Nadège Beausson-Diagne
Simone
Sonia Zembourou
Kali
Philippe Mory
The Prefect
Crew
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Director
Didier Ouénangaré
Director
Marcel Bealieu
Writer
Didier Ouénangaré
Writer
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Writer
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