"My father died and with him part of my childhood, my certainties, my beliefs and my dreams".

After an absence of ten years, Idrissou Mora-Kpaï returns
to Benin and his family. Against all expectations, this journey provides an opportunity to discover the woman who did only one thing - serve his father : his mother. Having inherited the royal mantle of her husband, she is now a figure of authority for the Wassangari community in the North of the country. Along with the other wife of the deceased, she quickly corrects the image of the ideal father the young filmmaker holds in his memory. Frank and lucid, the two women denounce, at times humorously, a patriarchal system from which the director's sisters and nieces have also suffered.

Réalisation-Directed by : Idrissou Mora-Kpaï
Scénario-Screenplay : Idrissou Mora-Kpaï
Image-Cinematography : Alexandra Kordes
Son-Sound : Victor Houedanou
Montage/Editing : Catherine Boneta, Christiane Badgley
Musique-Music : Marianne Entat
Assistant director: Claude BALOGOUN

Production: Les Films du Raphia, Lichtblick Film, Noble Films, France 5
with the support of ministère des Affaires étrangères (ADC Sud), Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie et de la Procirep

Distribution: Les Films du Raphia

FESTIVALS
- ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (PAYS-BAS 2003)
- VIENNALE (AUTRICHE 2003)
- MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL (USA 2003)
- CINEMA DU REEL (FRANCE 2002)
- MAGARET MEAT FILM FESTIVAL (USA 2003)
- LUSSAS, ETATS GENERAUX DU FILM DOCUMENTAIRE (FRANCE 2002)
- ENCOUNTERS (REPUBLIQUE SUD AFRICAINE 2003)
- NAMUR, FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE FILM FRANCOPHONE (BELGIQUE 2002)
- LES ECRANS DOCUMENTAIRES (FRANCE 2002)
- FESPACO (BURKINA-FASO 2003)
- FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE FILM DE FRIBOURG(SUISSE 2003)
- GENEVE, 013TH EDITION BLACK MOVIE (SUISSE 2003)
- FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE FILM D'AMIENS (FRANCE 2003)
- INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INNSBRUCK (AUTRICHE 2003)
- AMAKULA KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (OUGANDA 2004)
- CINEMAFRICA (PAYS-BAS 2004)
- FICA (COTE-D'IVOIRE 2004)
- AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL (BELGIQUE 2004)
- AFRICA ALIVE (ALLEMAGNE 2004)
- LAGUNIMAGE (BENIN 2002)
- FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE FILM DE OUIDAH (BENIN 2004)
- AFRIQUE TAILLE XL (BELGIQUE 2005)
- FESTIVAL VUES D'AFRIQUE, MONTREAL (CANADA 2003)
- CINEMA AFRICA, BERLIN (ALLEMAGNE 2003)
- SVA (SOCIETY FOR VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY) FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL (USA 2003)
- NEW-YORK AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2004 (USA)
- MILAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL (ITALIE 2003)
- MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE FILMS DE DONES DE BARCELONA (ESPAGNE 2003)
30 CADIZ, 39° EDICION DE LA MUESTRA CINEMATOGRAFICO DEL ATLANTICO (ESPAGNE 2007)
- LES RNONTRES CINEMA DE GINDOU (France 2003)

AWARDS:
- 2003 Si-Gueriki - Best Documentary in the 4th International Film festival of Ouidah (Benin)
- 2003 Si-Gueriki - Special mention for EU award; Fespaco (Burkina Faso)
- 2002 Si-Gueriki - Best Documentary, TV5 Award in the 20th Namurs International French Speaking Film Festival (Belgium)
- 2002 Si-Gueriki - Best Documentary in the festival Lagunimage (Benin)
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Otrora grandes guerreros feroces de rígidas tradiciones, los Wassangaris consiguieron mantener en el seno de su clan, en la sociedad beninesa de hoy, un patriarcado de otra época. La película proyecta una mirada desde adentro, a veces crítica y a menudo divertida, sobre ciertos aspectos de esta antiquísima cultura.