Identity Pieces
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Duration Country BelgiumFranceDemocratic Republic of the Congo | 6.3/10 IMDb Screenplay Mweze Ngangura Writer Mweze Ngangura | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Mweze Dieudonne Ngangura Release date 14 September 1998 (1998-09-14) (Canada)15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) (USA)19 May 1999 (1999-05-19) (Belgium)26 July 2000 (2000-07-26) (France) Cast Gérard Essomba (Mani Kongo), Dominique Mesa (Mwana), Herbert Flack (Jefke)Similar movies ?? ??????? , Sorry for the Disturbance , ??? ????? , ??? ?????? , Room 707 (Ghourfa 707) , Ryia and Skina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Identity Pieces (French: Pièces d'identités) is a 1998 Belgian/French/Congolese comedy film written and directed by Mwezé Ngangura. It premiered at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Plot
Mani Kongo (Gérard Essomba) is the king of the Bakongo. His only daughter, Mwana, (Dominique Mesa) left for Belgium as a young child in hopes of becoming a doctor, but contact with her had been lost over the past few years. Mani Kongo decides to travel to Belgium in search of his beloved daughter. On arriving he will have to cope with the very best and the very worst of the black diaspora, as well as with prejudices rampant in European society. He himself will find good friends amongst poor low-class whites.
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Awards
Identity Pieces won several awards at the 1999 Panafrican Film and Television Festival, including the grand prize. It also won the People's Choice Award at the Denver International Film Festival.
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