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Congorama
Genres
Drama
Overview
Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the age of 41 that he was adopted, actually having been born in Sainte-Cécile, Quebec. In the summer of 2000, he travels to Quebec, supposedly to sell some of his inventions. While on a near-impossible quest to find his birth family in the town where he was born, he crosses paths with Louis Legros, son of another inventor, in a meeting which will change their lives.
Details
Budget
$5000000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
105 min
Release Date
2006-05-25
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
18
Vote Average
6.6
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Paul Ahmarani
Louis Legros
Olivier Gourmet
Michel Roy
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Hervé Roy
Claudia Tagbo
Alice Roy
Arnaud Mouithys
Jules Roy
Lorraine Pintal
Lucie
Gabriel Arcand
Priest
Guy Pion
Germain Collignon
Janine Sutto
Sister Lafrance
Marie Brassard
Madeleine Longsdale
Henri Chassé
Energy Minister
Jules Philip
Man in Alcove
Mireille Bailly
Lawyer
Carlo Ferrante
TV Host
Jean-Luc Couchard
Journalist
Brigitte Poupart
Customs Officer
Frédéric Dompierre
Flight Attendant
Olivia Le Clercq
Tennis Coach
Richard Kistabish
Robert
Carmen Blais
Country Host
Jacques Neefs
Ophtalmologist
Benoît Rousseau
Tow Truck Driver
Geoffrey Gaquere
Doctor
Jacques Hébert
Man at the Minister's Office
Sylvain Scott
Police Inspector
Giuseppe Venturelli
Sylvio Legros
Aaron MacDevitt
Amerindian
Ange Mouithys
Congolese Narrator (voice)
John Canoe
Diamond Mine Worker
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