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''Muna Moto'' is a 1975 Cameroonian
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
written and directed by
Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa (born 1940) is a Cameroonian film director and writer. He produced Cameroon's first full-length feature film, '' Muna Moto'', in 1975. Dikongué Pipa's films deal with the interrelationships between elements of tradition ...
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Synopsis

Ngando and Ndomé are in love. Ngando wishes to marry Ndomé but her family reminds him that the traditional dowry must be settled. Ngando is poor and unable to fulfil the tradition. Ndomé is pregnant and bears his child. According to the village tradition, she must take a husband, at least one who can afford to pay the dowry. The villagers decide that Ndomé should marry Ngando's uncle, who has already three sterile wives. In despair, the young man kidnaps his daughter upon the day of the traditional feast. An African Romeo and Juliet story. The film is part of the ''Les Étalons de Yennega 1972-2005'' collection, launched b
FESPACO
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Festivals


Amakula Kampala International Film Festival, Uganda
(2011)
15.º NYAFF - New York African Film Festival, U.S.A.
(2008) *Official Selection Venice Film Festival, Italy (1975) *São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil


Awards

* First prize (Étalon de Yennenga) and First Prize International Catholic Organization of Cinema at FESPACO - Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1976) *First Prize Festival International du Film de l'Ensemble Francophone, Switzerland (1975) *Silver Tanit at Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, Tunis (1976) *George Sadoul Prize, France (1975)


See also


Jean Pierre Dikongue-Pipa

Article (in Portuguese
in ''Cinefrance''


External links

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Muna Moto
in Africultures.
Article (in French)
in ''20.mai'' Cameroonian drama films 1975 films {{FESPACO Étalon de Yennenga, state=expanded