Cinema
Baco
Synopsis
On the island of Anjouan, Baco M'Dalla, a whimsical, well-off old notable, owns several ylang-ylang plantations and rules over a household of ten wives and fifty children. When the price of the flower collapses, his wives, children and grandchildren refuse to carry on the cultivation. To settle the quarrel over authority that divides the family, Baco decides to hold proper elections to choose the head of the clan.
Context
Made in 1997, the film runs for about an hour and was produced entirely by its authors; it is the first fiction film by a Comorian woman director, and it circulated at festivals. It was still shown in 2012 at the Rencontres cinématographiques de Hergla, and the Cinémathèque Afrique of the Institut français handles its distribution. Its director sees in it a satire of Third World governments and an image of the Comorian matriarchal system, in which women, she says, have economic weight and are more active than men.
Who it is for
A satirical fable an hour long, in the tone of a tale, which mocks the powerful through a family quarrel.
Prizes and reception
According to its director, women viewers liked the film, whereas many male viewers left irritated.
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