The Silence of the Forest

Synopsis

A film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what to call that 'other.' The subtitles in the film use the familiar word 'pygmies,' a relatively pejorative European term; the Bantu or villagers' expression for the same group, Babingas, carries similar negative connotations. These highly specialized, tropical rainforest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.)

Main Cast

Ériq Ebouaney

Gonaba

Age : 57 | Popularity : 49%

Nadège Beausson-Diagne

Simone

Age : 52 | Popularity : 18%

Sonia Zembourou

Kali

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Philippe Mory

The Prefect

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Didier Ouénangaré Bassek Ba Kobhio
Writing	Writer	Marcel Bealieu Bassek Ba Kobhio Didier Ouénangaré
	Novel	Étienne Goyemide
Camera	Director of Photography	Pierre-Olivier Larrieu
Editing	Editor	Joseph Licidé
Department	Role	Name

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