Sylvestre Amoussou (born 1964) is a Beninese actor turned film director, best known for his 2006 film ''

Africa Paradis ''Africa Paradis'' is a 2006 Satire, satirical speculative fiction film written and directed by Beninese actor Sylvestre Amoussou. It was produced in France and Benin and was intended to comment on the situation of African refugees in Europe. Plo ...

'', a satire on immigration.

Life

Amoussou was born 31 December 1964 in

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

. After living in France for twenty years, and experiencing the lack of interesting roles offered to black actors in France, he decided to make his own movies. In ''

'', the politics of immigration is turned on its head: the economic fortunes of Europe and Africa are reversed, and immigrants struggle to gain entrance to Africa from Europe. Amoussou's anti-colonial film '' The African Storm'' (2017) received an enthusiastic reception from audiences at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou and received the festival's Silver Stallion of Yennega prize.Danielle Kwateng-Clark
Africa’s Biggest Film Festival Awards Controversial Movie About Western Control
13 Mar 2017.

Filmography

* ''

Africa paradis ''Africa Paradis'' is a 2006 Satire, satirical speculative fiction film written and directed by Beninese actor Sylvestre Amoussou. It was produced in France and Benin and was intended to comment on the situation of African refugees in Europe. Plo ...

'', 2006 * ''Un pas en avant - Les dessous de la corruption'' ne Step Forward - The Bottom of Corruption 2011 * '' L'Orage africain: Un continent sous influence'' he African Storm 2017

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* 1964 births Living people Beninese film directors {{Benin-bio-stub