Benda Bilili !
Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye
2010 - 84 min - Couleur - France

Ricky has a dream: to make Staff Benda Bilili the best band in Congo Kinshasa.
Roger, a street child, more than ever wants to join these stars of the ghetto, who get around in customized tricycles.
Together, they must avoid the pitfalls of the street, stay united and find the force to hope in music.
For five years, from the first rehearsals to their triumph in international festivals, Benda Bilili ! (“beyond appearances”) is the story of this dream come reality.

Orchestre | Précarité | Congo-Kinshasa (RDC)


Author-Director : Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye
Photography : Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye, Grégoire Delaage
Editing : Jean-Christophe Hym
Original Music : Staff Benda Bilili
Delegate Producer : Screen Runner
Co-producer : La Belle Kinoise productions

Distribution


Distributor : SSD (Sophie Dulac distribution)
Distributor : Funny Ballons
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
DVD Editing : Studio 37
VOD : Dissidenz Films

Distinctions

2010 - Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France) : Sélection Quinzaine des réalisateurs
2010 - Traces de Vies, Clermont-Ferrand (France) : Sélection