Screening at the Green Mountain Film Festival, Montpelier, VT
SYNOPSIS: The city of Douala filled with in trepidation for the start of the new school year. A long line of customers come to Mambar Pierrette, the neighborhood dressmaker, to have their clothes ready for imminent social events and ceremonies. More than just a sewer, Pierrette is the confidante of her customers, of a generation. But when the rain starts pouring down and threaten to flood her workshop—one of several successive misfortunes—Pierrette will have to stay afloat.
In this assured narrative debut by acclaimed documentarian Rosine Mbakam, Pierrette navigates hardship with tenacity and no-nonsense warmth, always ready to help her friends even when the rains of Cameroon are slowly closing in on her own home.
Title: Mambar Pierrette
Country: Belgium, Cameroon
Language: French, Pidgin, with English subtitles
Year: 2023
Genre: Fiction
Running time: 93 minutes
Director: Rosine Mbakam
Screenplay: Rosine Mbakam
Main cast: Pierrette Aboheu, Karelle Kenmogne, Cécile Tchana, Fabrice Ndjeuthat
The film will be screened as part of the Green Mountain Film Festival
Date: March 15, 2024
Time: 1:30pm
Place: Capital Theater, Montpelier
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