La Vie est belle / Life is Rosy is a 1987 musical comedy directed by Mwezé Ngangura and Benoît Lamy. The film revolves around the vibrant music scene of Kinshasa and tells the rags-to-riches story of a poor rural musician played by legendary Congolese musician, Papa Wemba, the “King of Rumba Rock”, who seeks fame in the big city. The film was considered a major turning point in film production in the DRC with its more artistic approach. Unlike many African films of the time that concerned themselves with the effects of colonialism, La vie est belle celebrates Congolese culture, music and the lives of Kinshasans. The film score features Congolese music from artists Tshala Muana, Klody, and Zaiko Langa Langa, a Congolese soukous band co-founded by Papa Wemba.
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| - الحياة جميلة (فيلم 1987) (ar)
- La vie est belle (film, 1987) (fr)
- La Vie est Belle (1987 film) (en)
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| - الحياة جميلة (بالفرنسية: La Vie est belle)، هُو فيلم كونغولي صدر سنة 1987 وأخرجه الثنائي مويزي نغانغورا وبينوا لامي. (ar)
- La vie est belle est un film réalisé par Ngangura Dieudonné Mweze et Benoît Lamy, sorti en 1987. (fr)
- La Vie est belle / Life is Rosy is a 1987 musical comedy directed by Mwezé Ngangura and Benoît Lamy. The film revolves around the vibrant music scene of Kinshasa and tells the rags-to-riches story of a poor rural musician played by legendary Congolese musician, Papa Wemba, the “King of Rumba Rock”, who seeks fame in the big city. The film was considered a major turning point in film production in the DRC with its more artistic approach. Unlike many African films of the time that concerned themselves with the effects of colonialism, La vie est belle celebrates Congolese culture, music and the lives of Kinshasans. The film score features Congolese music from artists Tshala Muana, Klody, and Zaiko Langa Langa, a Congolese soukous band co-founded by Papa Wemba. (en)
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| - Papa Wemba, Klody Zaïko Langa Langa Tshala Muana (en)
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| - Véra Belmont
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| - Mweze Ngangura, Maryse Léon, Benoît Lamy (en)
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Bibi Krubwa
Landu Nzunzimbu Matshia
Kanku Kasongo
Lokinda Mengi
Feza Alfa (en)
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| - الحياة جميلة (بالفرنسية: La Vie est belle)، هُو فيلم كونغولي صدر سنة 1987 وأخرجه الثنائي مويزي نغانغورا وبينوا لامي. (ar)
- La vie est belle est un film réalisé par Ngangura Dieudonné Mweze et Benoît Lamy, sorti en 1987. (fr)
- La Vie est belle / Life is Rosy is a 1987 musical comedy directed by Mwezé Ngangura and Benoît Lamy. The film revolves around the vibrant music scene of Kinshasa and tells the rags-to-riches story of a poor rural musician played by legendary Congolese musician, Papa Wemba, the “King of Rumba Rock”, who seeks fame in the big city. The film was considered a major turning point in film production in the DRC with its more artistic approach. Unlike many African films of the time that concerned themselves with the effects of colonialism, La vie est belle celebrates Congolese culture, music and the lives of Kinshasans. The film score features Congolese music from artists Tshala Muana, Klody, and Zaiko Langa Langa, a Congolese soukous band co-founded by Papa Wemba. Ngangura's inspiration for making La vie est Belle took root while attending the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou where his short Kin-Kiesse (1983) won the best documentary award. In watching many of the African films screened at the festival "it was clear to me that those films were not directed to an African audience. Africa in most of these films was only a subject and the audience was outside the filmmakers’ calculations.” The making of La vie est belle was also informed by comedy sketches, which used to be featured regularly on national television, and were popular with African audiences with how they addressed their everyday lives. Ngangura's decision to center the film on music and Papa Wembe was calculated to draw in Congolese audiences as well as reach as many Africans as possible given the widespread popularity of music, especially of the Congo, which then had the most popular musicians on the continent. (en)
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