Matamata and Pilipili

Tristan Bourlard & 55' — 1996

On 1950, a Belgian missionary and film fanatic in the Congo authored some twenty films: the « Matamata and Pilipili series. These comic heroes, Africa’s answer to Laurel and Hardy, were the delight of Congolese movie-goers. Never viewed outside the continent, the films were to diappear at the close of the colonial period. Tristant Bourlard has now recovered the original negatives in Belgium. Fifty years after their creation, this film reveals these hidden gems and tells their strange story. MATAMATA AND PILIPILI are back on screen.

Belgium

Production : Cobra Films
Coproduction : Videocam la RTBF, CBA
With the suppoirt of Map-TV Communauté Européenne

Réalisation
Tristan Bourlard
Scenario
Tristan Bourlard
DOP
Gilles Stassart, Frédéric Decoux & Jean-Marc Vervoort
Sound
Cosmas Antoniadis
Image editor
Yves van Herstraeten
Production
Daniel De Valck
Image Format
Betacam SP
Languages OV
FR
Available subtitles
EN
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