Plantation du planteur (La)

  • Plantation du planteur (La)
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2022
Format : Feature
Running time : 114 (in minutes)

Set in an old west African plantation farm in the 60s,Mr Whitkurter a colonial industrialist hands over Isambile Plantation to his house master Mr Asong, father to Enanga. When the new empowered African master dies unexpectedly leaving the Plantation helm empty. A situation that sees Mr Planter, (brother to Asong) and Enanga in a power tussle as to who will head the plantation. The situation escalates warranting external intervention. A situation which Enanga sees as disrespect to her family legacy. The fight is rough as Enanga looses everything she has left including her mother and love interest Adamu, a Muslim doctor. Its is finally revealed that Mr Planter, Enanga's rival is actually her father. She was swapped at birth. The family tussle gives way for the manipulative Tosangeng, Mr Whitkurther`s daughter to get her colonial family back in business. The White Man never actually ever left.

Film by Dingha Eystein Young selected for the FESPACO2023 (25 fév. au 04 mars), for the Etalon de Yennenga.

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