YAM DAM
synopsis
Christian lives a largely featureless life as a country veterinarian. Married, with no children, he and his wife have set up a small aid-to-Africa organization and he serves as its president. But that isn't enough to fill the monotony of his existence. So Christian spends his idle hours surfing the web. On the Internet he invents a second persona and flirts with a young African woman in search of a better life. Just idle flirting. Then, one day, Faustine, a 26-year-old from Burkina Faso, shows up at his office. "I have no papers," she tells him. "But you promised to marry me."
original title: | Yam Dam |
country: | Belgium |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Vivian Goffette |
film run: | 76' |
screenplay: | Vivian Goffette |
cast: | Fabio Zenoni, Clarisse Tabsoba, Valérie Lemaître, Christophe Sermet, Delphine Cheverry, Pierre Dherte, Vincent Grass |
cinematography by: | Olivier Servais |
film editing: | Thierry Douley, Frédéric-Pierre Saget |
art director: | Perrine Rullens |
costumes designer: | Nathalie Leborgne, Marine Stevens |
music: | Gaspard Glaus |
producer: | Stéphane Lhoest |
production: | Cinéastes Associés |
backing: | Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel Wallonie Bruxelles Images, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement fédéral Belge et de la «Province du Luxembourg et la Fédération Touristique du Luxembourg Belge», MEDIA Programme |