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Muna Moto
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Wikipedia article
'Muna Moto' is a 1975 Cameroonian drama film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Dikongu Pipa.
Synopsis
Ngando and Ndom are in love. Ngando wishes to marry Ndom but her family reminds him that the traditional dowry must be settled. Unfortunately, Ngando is poor and unable to fulfil the tradition. Ndom is pregnant and bears his child. According to the village tradition, she must take a husband, at least one who can afford to pay the dowry. The villagers decide that Ndom should marry Ngando's uncle, who has already three sterile wives. In despair, the young man kidnaps his daughter upon the day of the traditional feast. An African Romeo and Juliet story.
The film is part of the 'Les talons de Yennega 1972-2005' collection, launched by [http://www.fespaco-bf.net FESPACO] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120122075733/http://institutfrancais.com/cinema/cinemas-du-monde/po20_6.html Cinmathque Afrique].
Festivals
*[http://www.amakula.com/movie/muna-moto Amakula Kampala International Film Festival, Uganda] (2011)
*[http://www.africanfilmny.org 15. NYAFF - New York African Film Festival, U.S.A.] (2008)
*Official Selection Venice Film Festival, Italy (1975)
*So Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil
Awards
*First prize (talon de Yennenga) and First Prize International Catholic Organization of Cinema at FESPACO - Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1976)
*First Prize Festival International du Film de l'Ensemble Francophone, Switzerland (1975)
*Silver Tanit at Journes cinmatographiques de Carthage, Tunis (1976)
*George Sadoul Prize, France (1975)
See also
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226707 Jean Pierre Dikongue-Pipa]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120421123003/http://www.filmbirth.com/cameroon.html History of Cinema in Cameroon]
*[http://www.cinefrance.com.br/cinemateca/colecoes?colecao=19 Article (in Portuguese] in 'Cinefrance'
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