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Mambar Pierrette

Play trailer 1:51 Poster for Mambar Pierrette Released Jan 26, 2024 1h 33m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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The city of Douala is 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 becomes the confidant 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.

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Phil Hoad Guardian Mbakam’s feminist parable has a winning integrity and grace. Rated: 4/5 May 6, 2024 Full Review Beatrice Loayza New York Times Mbakam hits a remarkable balance. The sociopolitical truths that make up Pierrette’s losing streak are evident, without the miserable patronizing so common in films about struggle in Africa. Jan 25, 2024 Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension What makes all of this work is that it’s not a work of patronizing miserablism, despite the many travails that make up Pierrette’s life both before and during the film’s time frame. Apr 3, 2025 Full Review Alex Heeney Seventh Row Like her documentaries, Mambar Pierrette is not just a character portrait but a look at how colonialism continues to affect the lives of everyone in the country in ways big and small. Oct 5, 2024 Full Review Edward Frumkin The Film Stage Mbakam’s minimalist aesthetics demolish the binary between nonfiction and fiction to reflect Pierrette’s flawed, humane intentions across the nurturers from many settings. Rated: A- Apr 5, 2024 Full Review Shar Tan In Review Online The drudgery of financial precarity exists alongside moments of joy, which prevents Mbakam’s film from being overly gratuitous in depicting the continual cruelty that Mambar is dealt. Jan 24, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Munkhchimeg T Remarkable movie. Her character is the best human ever. So humble and kind. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/14/24 Full Review Bahad j I am very happy that the movie shows us the steps and choices that are necessary in the life of a great person. I like the movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/14/24 Full Review Audience Member One of the greatest films that M’Bakam made Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/13/24 Full Review Sandy L Absolutely loved this movie. Saw it on Amazon a few days ago having not heard much about it and over this easter weekend have watched it twice more. It's effing funny, its tense, its romantic but mostly its just got great performances. Would never have thought to put these set of actors together but the result is much greater than the sum of its parts. Def check it out. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/24 Full Review Simon H Seen this movie 4 times and it feels stronger with every view. Think it's the slow slow burn of the love affair that makes it all work. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam

Director

Pierrette Aboheu Njeuthat

Pierrette Mambar

Karelle Kenmogne

Karelle

Cécile Tchana

Mabreuh

Fabrice Ndjeuthat

Alphonse

Marguerite Mbakop

La maman de Pierrette

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Movie Info

Synopsis The city of Douala is 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 becomes the confidant 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.
Director
Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam
Producer
Geoffroy Cernaix
Screenwriter
Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam
Distributor
Icarus Films
Production Co
RTBF, Tândor Films, Tândor Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 26, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 26, 2024
Runtime
1h 33m
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