Le futur dans le rétro

Jean-Marie Teno - Cameroon

Synopsis

A university lecturer’s return home from the US to Ghana is the starting point for this interweaving of journeys. The film deals with motherhood, sisterhood and group identity, exile, loss, trauma and the pull of home, choices and sacrifices and the existential quest.

Film details

Genre : Feature Documentary
Duration : 89 minutes
Year of production : 2018
Country : Cameroon
Screenwriter : Jean-Marie Teno
Cinematography : Jean-Marie Teno
Editor : Jean-Marie Teno
Director : Jean-Marie Teno
Production company : Jean-Marie Teno - Les Films du raphia
Email : jmteno@yahoo.com






Born in Cameroon, Jean-Marie Teno came to France in 1978 and has directed films for cinema and TV on the colonial and post-colonial history of Africa. His films include Leaf in the Wind, Lieux Saints, Le Malentendu Colonial, Le mariage d’Alex, and Vacances au Pays.