The Importance of Being Elegant

2004 · 1 h 10 · Documentaire

6/ 10 sur TMDB

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Synopsis

Set to the soundtrack of Papa Wemba's extraordinary music, this outrageous, funny and eye-opening film depicts the underground world of a flamboyant African cult. Papa Wemba is a well-known Congolese singer. He is also a big cheese in Le Sape, the Société des Ambianceurs et Persons Élégants, which translated into English means a society of people who spend huge amounts of money on designer clothes with the motive of making themselves as conspicuously elegant as possible. The film is a splendid evocation of Papa Wemba's music, but it is also an unusual insight into what it means to be an immigrant in contemporary Europe. The sapeur have borrowed from our own culture, creating something rich and strange and wholly Congolese. Don't miss the scene where they try on fur coats.

Sortie le 14 août 2004

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Papa WembaSelf
Anti-GigoloSelf
Archibishop of La SapeSelf
Mere MalouSelf
Minister of the BudgetSelf
Minister of the AttackSelf
PoisonPapa Wemba's bodyguard