Identity Pieces is a 1998

1998 in film

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 written and directed by Mweze Ngangura. It premiere

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Plot

Mani Kongo (Gérard Essomba) is the king of the Bakongo. His only daughter, Mwana, (Dominique Mesa) left for Belgium to study being a doctor, but contact with her has been lost. Mani Kongo decides to travel to Belgium in search of his beloved daughter. On arriving he will have to cope with the very best and the very worst of the black diaspora, as well as with prejudices rampant in European society. He himself will find good friends amongst poor low-class whites showing that nothing is ever black or white...

Cast

• Gérard Essomba as Mani Kongo
• Dominique Mesa as Mwana
• Jean-Louis Daulne as Chaka-Jo
• Herbert Flack as Jefke
• David Steegen as Van Loo
• Cecilia Kankonda as Safi
• Thilombo Lubambu as Mayele
• Mwanza Goutier as Viva-Wa-Viva (as Mouanza Goutier)
• Nicola Donato as Jos

Awards

Identity Pieces won several awards at the 1999 Panafrican Film and Television Festival, including the grand prize. It also won the People's Choice Award at the Denver International Film Festival.