Anna, l'enchantée

Anna the Enchantress

She is 17, sings like a diva and when it really matters, she agues firmly for the emancipation of women. Anna comes from Benin in Central Africa and lives there in a polygamous family. After a stipend which sent her to France to study singing, Anna has changed. In France, she missed the warmth and sincerity she receives in Benin from her five mothers and 31 siblings, but now she sees things with different eyes. In France, however, people don't even greet each other on the street. Is Anna happier in Benin than she is in France ? Does she believe her father when he swears that Anna couldn't manage without his protection? In the film, we see both the warmth of the nest and happiness as well as the authoritarian oppression of women. And its acceptance: Anna's mothers work themselves up over what they consider to be decent European. And the European women? "What kind of lazy woman is that who does nothing but sleeping all day".

France / Germany / Finland / Benin - 2001 - 52 mn - DV Cam • 16/9 - Colour

Réalisation
Monique Mbeka Phoba
Scénario
Monique Mbeka Phoba
Image
Valérie Le Gurun
Son
Issa Traoré Senior
Montage
Calle Overweg, Guido Welkenhuysen
Musique
Anna Teko, Angélique Kidjo

Production
Karaba Productions,
26 rue Gustave Courbet,
75116 Paris, France
Tél : +33(0)1 42 28 83 25
Fax : +33(0)1 42 28 83 25

Co-Production
Trafik Films, Kroma Productions Oy, Lagunimages, Parkerson & Schmidt Film

Ventes
Karaba Productions,
26 rue Gustave Courbet,
75116 Paris, France
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Fax : +33(0)1 42 28 83 25,
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