Eat Bitter
7.4
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.
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Pascale Appora-Gnekindy Director · Ningyi Sun Director Mathieu Faure Writer
First release March 21, 2023 · Produced in Central African Republic, United States · Languages Chinese, French, Sango
Production
Kea-Kwis Productions
Production
Oaz Picture Entertainment
Production
Perpetuo Films
Production
MJagger
Production
Central African Republic · United States
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Languages
Original language
Sango
Spoken on screen
Chinese · French · Sango
Release dates
Denmark · March 21, 2023
Premiere · At Cinemateket
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
May 3, 2023 · Premiere
South Korea
September 18, 2023 · Premiere · DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
Switzerland
April 4, 2023 · Premiere · At Visions Du Reel
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