#1146: DIKONGUÉ-PIPA: Muna moto (1975)
DIKONGUÉ-PIPA
Muma moto [1975]
Director/Writers
Muma moto [1975]
Spine #1146
Blu-ray
Director Dikongué-Pipa forged a new African cinematic language with Muna moto, a delicate love story with profound emotional resonance. In a close-knit village in Cameroon, the rigid customs governing courtship and marriage mean that a deeply in love betrothed couple (David Endéné and Arlette Din Belle) can be torn apart by the lack of a dowry and by another man’s claiming of the young woman as his own wife—a rupture that sets the stage for a clash between a patriarchal society and a modern generation’s determination to chart its own course. Luminous black-and-white cinematography and stylistic flourishes yield images of haunting power in this potent depiction, told via flashback, of the challenges of postcolonialism and the devastating consequences of a community’s refusal to deviate from tradition.
89 minutes
Black and White
Monaural
in French
1:37:1
Criterion Release 2022
Black and White
Monaural
in French
1:37:1
Criterion Release 2022
Dikongué-Pipa was 35 when he wrote and directed Muna moto.
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
60
The Extras
The Booklet
The Booklet
Seventy-six page booklet featuring an essay by Aboubakar Sanogo.
Commentary
None.
Introduction
By The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese.
Program
By filmmaker Mohamed Challouf featuring interviews with Muna moto director Dikongué-Pipa and film historian Férid Boughedir.
Extras Rating (0-40):
By Spine #Commentary
None.
Introduction
By The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese.
Program
By filmmaker Mohamed Challouf featuring interviews with Muna moto director Dikongué-Pipa and film historian Férid Boughedir.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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