Cahier Africain (2016)
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As war breaks out again in the Central African Republic, the film follows Amzine, her 12-year-old daughter Fane, and Arlette through the turmoil of everyday life.
The story
Amzine, a young Muslim woman, is reminded daily of her suffering by her 12-year-old daughter, Fane, who was born as a result of rape. Arlette, a young Christian woman, has endured years with an unhealed gunshot wound to her knee; after an operation in Berlin, she hopes to live without pain. As they go about their daily lives, war-crimes prosecution gets underway at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, while renewed war breaks out in the Central African Republic. The film follows Amzine, Fane, and Arlette through the turmoil and documents everyday life in a war-torn region.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The young Muslim woman Amzine is reminded every day by her daughter Fane, now 12, who was born as a result of rape, of the suffering she confided to the “Cahier Africain” (German for “African notebook”). Arlette, a young Christian woman, has suffered agonizingly for years from an unhealed gunshot wound to her knee. After a successful operation in Berlin, she hopes to live without pain. As the two protagonists go about their daily lives and the prosecution of war crimes gets underway at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, war breaks out again in the Central African Republic. The film follows Amzine, Fane, and Arlette through the turmoil and suffering of war, documenting everyday life in coup-destabilized, war-torn Central Africa.
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