Country: Benin

Discover the best movies, series, and documentaries made in Benin. Enjoy the top titles of all time, handpicked for you.


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Barbecue-Pejo

2000 · Movie · 86 min. · Benin

Direction Jean Odoutan

Cast Jean Odoutan · Laurentine Milebo · Gladys Agboliagbo · Didier Dorlipo

Synopsis Jean Odoutan wrote, directed, and stars in this comedy from Benin about a down-on-their-luck couple —a cocky, temperamental, daydreaming husband and his headstrong yet resilient wife— coping with adversity while bickering with fellow villagers. He manages to get plenty of...

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I'm a Yovo

1995 · Documentary · 35 min. · Benin

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Pim-Pim Tché

2010 · Movie · 84 min. · Benin

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Djib

2000 · Movie · 77 min. · Benin

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Under the Sign of the Voodoo

1974 · Movie · 100 min. · Benin

Direction Pascal Abikanlou

Cast Gratien Zossou · Evelyne Domingo · René Eouagnignon · Janvier Houangni

Synopsis A young man having omitted to make the ritual offerings of voodoo, suffers the wrath of the spirits.

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Les hustlers

2015 · Documentary · 53 min. · Benin

Direction Egome Amah

Synopsis Living in a poverty-stricken shanty town in the port of Lomé, unskilled laborers involved in all the port rackets, they drown their sorrows in alcohol and drugs at night to the despair of their wives and children. Like all those...

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Direction Sylvestre Amoussou

Cast Sylvestre Amoussou · Sandrine Bulteau · Philippe Caroit · Eriq Ebouaney

Synopsis The President of an imaginary African country, suffering from seeing his country's rich natural resources exploited only by western corporations, decides to nationalize all means of production built on its territory by foreigners. As expected the foreigners decry this, claiming...

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Divine Body

1998 · Documentary · 83 min. · Benin

Direction Dominique Loreau

Cast Alphonse Atacolodjou · Szymon Zaleski · Fidèle Gbegnon · Simonet Biokou

Synopsis Divine carcasse retraces the fate of an old Peugeot that arrives in Cotonou, Benin. There, the car is passed on from one owner to the next. The film accompanies every owner throughout daily life. First, there’s Simon, who moves in...

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Si-Gueriki, la reine-mère

2002 · Documentary · 62 min. · Benin

Direction Idrissou Mora Kpai

Synopsis Si-Gueriki is the story of the confrontation of a young man with his history, his roots and culture.

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Feels Like Home (S)

2018 · Movie · 9 min. · Benin

Direction Najaia Zeri Combs

Cast Primaella Somodi · Parfaite Somodi · Pierrette Ahoussou

Synopsis Oseye, a young Beninese America girl, who recently moved back to Benin with her Beninese mother has to now find a way to balance her old life with this new unfamiliar world.

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