2015 Edition

Suffering is a School of Wisdom

Suffering is a School of Wisdom

Section: Long Documentary

Country: Benin

Production Year: 2014

Runtime: 72 Minutes

Director: Ariane Astrid Atodji

Screenwriter: Ariane Astrid Atodji

Cinematography: Jean-Baptiste Béis

Editor: Lorenzo Mbiahou

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Synopsis: Since his arrival in Cameroon 40 years ago, my dad has never set foot in his native land Benin. What would have pushed him to leave without a trace, to abandon his family and the daughter he had in Benin exactly the year of his “exile” and that he never heard back? The reasons, I can no longer ignore them. What identity? What origin? It is not just the fact of going back to the sources, but to understand my story…