非洲与中国

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Movies/books about Africa and China

Made in Ethiopia (2024) [Movie] IMDb Douban
Made in Ethiopia
8.3 (6 ratings) director: Xinyan Yu / Max Duncan
other title: 埃塞俄比亚制造 / 想入非非(港)
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Eat Bitter (2023) [Movie] Douban TMDB
Eat Bitter
7.3 (6 ratings) director: 帕斯卡尔·阿珀拉·吉内金迪 / 孙宁忆
other title: 吃苦 / 견디는 삶
A local construction worker and a Chinese engineer are assigned to build a bank in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, one of the poorest countries in the world. But time is short and resources are scarce, and there are rumours in the countryside that a new civil war is brewing. And as if all this wasn’t bad enough, their relationships to their wives are falling apart. ‘Eat Bitter’ mirrors the existential and mundane problems of the two men, while an unlikely friendship and mutual trust blossoms between them. However, the chaotic microcosm of the construction site also mirrors China’s contradictory role in 21st century Africa, with the bank itself as the ultimate symbol of money, power and illusion. Director duo Pascale Appora-Gnekindy and Ningyi Sun themselves represent each of the two cultures, and their film has a unique eye for the human fallibility and irony of it all, but also for how we can reach each other despite all our many differences.
Created date: June 2, 2024