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Mambar Pierrette

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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 05/06/2024
4/5
Mbakam’s feminist parable has a winning integrity and grace. Go to Full Review Beatrice Loayza New York Times 01/25/2024
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. Go to Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension Apr 3
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. Go to Full Review Alex Heeney Seventh Row 10/05/2024
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. Go to Full Review Edward Frumkin The Film Stage 04/05/2024
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Mbakam’s minimalist aesthetics demolish the binary between nonfiction and fiction to reflect Pierrette’s flawed, humane intentions across the nurturers from many settings. Go to Full Review Shar Tan In Review Online 01/24/2024
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Munkhchimeg T 08/14/2024 Remarkable movie. Her character is the best human ever. So humble and kind. See more Bahad j 08/14/2024 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. See more 08/13/2024 One of the greatest films that M’Bakam made See more Sandy L 03/31/2024 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. See more Simon H 03/31/2024 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. See more Read all reviews
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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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