Ghetto Millionaires

Gilles Remiche & 52' — 2010

The Sapeur is a “Congolese Jet Setter”. He may never go unnoticed and must, at all times, show off his general elegance  and designer labels.  Competition between Sapeurs is fierce.  They  love proclaim their superior elegance in televised jousts eagerly watched by the youth of Kinshasa.  The Sapeurs embody success and access to the riches of the West. But how do you come across as wealthy when in fact you’re living in poverty?  For the Sapeurs it’s all about their notoriety and the way they’re seen back in Congo. “Ghetto Millionaires” throws us into a world of make-believe, where the  dreams of a notoriety built up in Europe through artifice and sacrifice, come into conflict with the , so-often, disappointing and inevitably difficult return to Kinshasa…

Belgium

Production : Frakas Productions
Co-production : CBA, Afrique Editions, RTBF, DGCD
With the support of the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Communauté française de Belgique

Réalisation
Gilles Remiche
Scenario
Gilles Remiche
DOP
Gilles Remiche
Sound
Arnaud Calvar, Ludovic Van Pachetrbeeke, Yves Bemelmans, Christophe Michelet
Image editor
Joël Mann
Mix
Jean-Jacques Quinet
Production
Michel Dutry
Sound Format
Stereo
BW/Colour
Color
Available subtitles
FR, EN

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