Country: Benin
Discover the best movies, series, and documentaries made in Benin. Enjoy the top titles of all time, handpicked for you.
Titles found: 11
Africa paradis
2006 · Movie · 87 min. · Benin
Direction Sylvestre Amoussou
Cast Eriq Ebouaney · Stéphane Roux · Sandrine Bulteau · Sylvestre Amoussou
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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
Direction Juan Alejandro Ramírez
Cast Serge Ivan Adeoko · Rafael Parra · Juan Alejandro Ramírez
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Pim-Pim Tché
2010 · Movie · 84 min. · Benin
Direction Jean Odoutan
Cast Aïcha Ouattara · Jean Odoutan · Stephane Soo Mongo · Diop Mambety
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Direction Jean Odoutan
Cast Max-Edouard Balthazard · Jessica Hammoudi · Laurentine Milebo · Jean Odoutan
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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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L'orage africain: un continent sous influence
2017 · Movie · 89 min. · Benin
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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