death and cash

by Lionel Ulrich Doyigbe

BENIN, FRANCE - 2020 - 44 mins

synopsis

In Benin, each death sets in motion an economy where artisans, traders of all kinds, sellers of fabrics, gris-gris, etc. find their account. In bereaved families subjected to social pressure to organize the most beautiful funerals in the country, a person is appointed to take care of common expenses. From negotiations to transactions, from the bank to the morgue, the waltz of service providers sets in, leading our hero in a race for debt for prestige that will begin in the aftermath of death, to end in style a few months later , the occasion of the grandiose feast which follows the burial, the Aga.

PLUG

PRODUCTION

The Kingdom

Wonders production

DIFFUSION

In progress

PARTICIPATION

CNC COSIP

Procirep

Angoa Agicoa

 

Rewards

2021 : General Meeting of Documentary Films - Lussas (France) - Sélection Docmonde

Lussas - docmonde@lussasdoc.org - 04.27.52.90.23

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