Black Dju

Pol Cruchten
1997-11-28


2
80 min

This standard slice-of-life drama is about Dju Dibonga (Richard Courcet), a young man who leaves his home on Cabo Verde, an island of Portuguese dependency off the coast of Africa, to go to Luxembourg and search for his father. Far from his home village and unfamiliar with the large city, the young black man forms an unlikely friendship with a down-and-out white policeman whose only consolation in life is found at the bottom of a bottle. Their developing companionship forms the main focus of this movie directed by Pol Cruchten.

Cast

Name Character Team
Philippe Léotard Inspecteur Plettschette Unowned
Richard Courcet Dju Unowned
Patrice-Flora Praxo Zeca Unowned
Cesária Évora Maria Dela Unowned
Adama Kouyaté Joseph Touré Unowned
Myriam Mézières La femme seule dans le café Unowned
François Hadji-Lazaro Louis Unowned
Manu Dibango Unowned
François Morel Gérard de Foyer Unowned