Eat Bitter

Synopsis

A local construction worker and a Chinese engineer are assigned to build a bank in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, one of the poorest countries in the world. But time is short and resources are scarce, and there are rumours in the countryside that a new civil war is brewing. And as if all this wasn’t bad enough, their relationships to their wives are falling apart. ‘Eat Bitter’ mirrors the existential and mundane problems of the two men, while an unlikely friendship and mutual trust blossoms between them. However, the chaotic microcosm of the construction site also mirrors China’s contradictory role in 21st century Africa, with the bank itself as the ultimate symbol of money, power and illusion. Director duo Pascale Appora-Gnekindy and Ningyi Sun themselves represent each of the two cultures, and their film has a unique eye for the human fallibility and irony of it all, but also for how we can reach each other despite all our many differences.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Ningyi Sun Pascale Appora-Gnekindy
Production	Producer	Mathieu Faure
	Executive Producer	Mathieu Faure Steve Dorst
	Co-Producer	Ningyi Sun Orphee Zaza Emmanuel Bamoy Pascale Appora-Gnekindy
Writing	Writer	Mathieu Faure Ningyi Sun Pascale Appora-Gnekindy
Editing	Editor	Hannah Choe Mathieu Faure
Camera	Director of Photography	Orphee Zaza Emmanuel Bamoy
Sound	Original Music Composer	Cal Freundlich Moore
	Music	Cal Freundlich Moore Thomas Boa
	Sound	Aaron Koyassoukpengo
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