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Life is Rosy (La Vie est belle)

DVD
93 minutes
1987
PN1997 .V54 2002 DVD

La Vie est belle tells the rags to riches story of Kourou, a poor rural musician who realizes that to succeed in today's music world he must go to the city and break into radio and television. In Kinshasha, Zaier's exhilarating and exasperating capitol of four million, he uses his wit and talent to win a beautiful wife, trick his greedy boss and succeed in singing his “theme song” on national television. Although the film is primarily entertainment, it reveals much about class divisions, male-female relations, the desires of the urban poor, and the economic and social problems confronting rural immigrants to the cities of Zaire.

Cast: Papa Wemba, Bibi Krubwa, Landu Nzunzimbu Matshia, Kanku Kasongo, et al. Directed by Ngangura Mweze.

In French with English subtitles.

Distributed by Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie.

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