Black Dju

Black Dju

1997 · 80 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy

This standard slice-of-life drama is about Dju Dibonga (Richard Courcet), a young man who leaves his home on Cabo Verde, an island of Portuguese dependency off the coast of Africa, to go to Luxembourg and search for his father. Far from his home village and unfamiliar with the large city, the young black man forms an unlikely friendship with a down-and-out white policeman whose only consolation in life is found at the bottom of a bottle. Their developing companionship forms the main focus of this movie directed by Pol Cruchten.

Directed by Pol Cruchten · Written by Pol Cruchten

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Philippe Léotard Inspecteur Plettschette
Richard Courcet Dju
Patrice-Flora Praxo Zeca
Cesária Évora Maria Dela
Adama Kouyaté Joseph Touré
Myriam Mézières La femme seule dans le café
François Hadji-Lazaro Louis
Manu Dibango
François Morel Gérard de Foyer

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