Victoire Terminus
| Victoire Terminus | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye |
| Produced by | Sciapode |
| Screenplay by | Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye |
| Cinematography | Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye |
| Edited by | Yannick Coutheron |
Release dates | 2008 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | France |
Victoire Terminus is a French 2008 documentary film about women's boxing in Kinshasa.[1]
Synopsis
Summer 2006, Kinshasa. Martini, Jeannette, Hélène and Rosette spend everyday sparring with Coach Judex in the old Tata Rafael stadium; the same one where Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in 1974 during one of the most legendary matches in boxing. At dawn, thousands of people from the ghetto come to train and political parties rally. While others fight for the Presidency of Congo, Judex struggles to organise a woman’s boxing tournament with very little money... Kinshasa sings, Kinshasa starves and Judex's girls try to survive, they’re realistic but still full of hope. A film about women in a country where men have gone crazy.[2]
Awards
- London Film Festival (2008)
References
- ↑ "Victoire Terminus" (review). Variety. 9 February 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ↑ Dowling, Siobhán (15 February 2008). "Congo's Female Boxers Float Like Butterflies, Sting Like Bees" (Interview with Renaud Barret). Der Spiegel. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA)
External links
Victoire Terminus, Kinshasa at the Internet Movie Database