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Congorama (2006)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 45M

Director : Philippe Falardeau

Synopsis

Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the age of 41 that he was adopted, actually having been born in Sainte-Cécile, Quebec. In the summer of 2000, he travels to Quebec, supposedly to sell some of his inventions. While on a near-impossible quest to find his birth family in the town where he was born, he crosses paths with Louis Legros, son of another inventor, in a meeting which will change their lives.

Actors

Paul Ahmarani
Paul Ahmarani
Louis Legros
Olivier Gourmet
Olivier Gourmet
Michel Roy
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Hervé Roy
Claudia Tagbo
Claudia Tagbo
Alice Roy
Arnaud Mouithys
Arnaud Mouithys
Jules Roy
Lorraine Pintal
Lorraine Pintal
Lucie
Gabriel Arcand
Gabriel Arcand
Priest
Guy Pion
Guy Pion
Germain Collignon
Janine Sutto
Janine Sutto
Sister Lafrance
Marie Brassard
Marie Brassard
Madeleine Longsdale
Henri Chassé
Henri Chassé
Energy Minister
Jules Philip
Jules Philip
Man in Alcove
Mireille Bailly
Mireille Bailly
Lawyer
Carlo Ferrante
Carlo Ferrante
TV Host
Jean-Luc Couchard
Jean-Luc Couchard
Journalist
Brigitte Poupart
Brigitte Poupart
Customs Officer
Frédéric Dompierre
Frédéric Dompierre
Flight Attendant
Olivia Le Clercq
Olivia Le Clercq
Tennis Coach
Richard Kistabish
Richard Kistabish
Robert
Carmen Blais
Carmen Blais
Country Host
Jacques Neefs
Jacques Neefs
Ophtalmologist
Benoît Rousseau
Benoît Rousseau
Tow Truck Driver
Geoffrey Gaquere
Geoffrey Gaquere
Doctor
Jacques Hébert
Jacques Hébert
Man at the Minister's Office
Sylvain Scott
Sylvain Scott
Police Inspector
Giuseppe Venturelli
Giuseppe Venturelli
Sylvio Legros
Aaron MacDevitt
Aaron MacDevitt
Amerindian
Ange Mouithys
Ange Mouithys
Congolese Narrator (voice)
John Canoe
John Canoe
Diamond Mine Worker

Crews

Philippe Falardeau
Philippe Falardeau
Director
Philippe Falardeau
Philippe Falardeau
Writer
André Turpin
André Turpin
Director of Photography
Laurent Benaïm
Laurent Benaïm
Sound
Frédérique Broos
Frédérique Broos
Editor
Jean Babin
Jean Babin
Art Direction

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