Overview
This film tells the story of the president of a fictitious African nation who spends a sleepless night playing checkers with a pot-smoking vagabond who claims to be the all-round champion. However, the rules of the game entail the opponents howling vulgar and foul obscenities at one another. The champion proceeds to insult, and trounce, the President. His reward, and his fate, will not surprise anyone.
Director and cast
- Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda Director
- Dieudonné Kabongo as Papa National
- Yves Mba as Le Champion
- Pascal Nzonzi as Himself
- Jean LaCroix Kamba as Sergeant-chef / Commissaire du Gouvernement
- Djibril Nguemongwa as Premier Sergeant
- 'Michou' Michel Tchibinda as Caporal
- Lilian Gomez as Soldat
- Luce Malekou as Fille de Palais / Speakerine TV4
- Geneviève Issembe as Mama Nationale
- Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda as Journaliste Television Nationale / Chauffeur de la Fille du Palais / Chauffeur du Chef de Garde
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