Benda Bilili!

CD-FR 2010 colour 85 min.
dir: Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye
pro: Screen Runner
sc: Renaud Barret, Florent de la Tullaye
ph: Renaud Barret, Florent de la Tullaye, Grégoire Delaage
mus: Benda Bilili
ed:  Jean-Christophe Hym
cast: Cubain Kabeya, Paulin Kiara-Maigi, Roger Landu, Leon Likabu, Montana, Coco Ngambali, Theo Nsituvuidi, Djunana Tanga-Suele
dis: Funny Balloons

 

Ricky has a dream: to make Staff Benda Bilili the best band in Congo Kinshasa. Roger, a street child, more than ever wants to join these stars of the ghetto, who get around in customized tricycles. Together, they must avoid the pitfalls of the street, stay united and find the force to hope in music. For five years, from the first rehearsals to their triumph in international festivals, Benda Bilili ! (“beyond appearances”) is the story of this dream come reality.