A Cargo to Africa (Un cargo pour l’Afrique)
German title: Un cargo pour l’Afrique (Fracht für Afrika)
Spain title: Un Cargamento para África
Greek title: Ένα φορτίο για την Αφρική
Russian title: Груз для Африки
Original title: Un cargo pour l’Afrique
Spain title: Un Cargamento para África
Greek title: Ένα φορτίο για την Αφρική
Russian title: Груз для Африки
Original title: Un cargo pour l’Afrique
Tragicomedy – Canada
Production year: 2009
Movie length: 90 minutes
Production year: 2009
Movie length: 90 minutes
Director: Roger Cantin
Movie description:
Back in Canada after an exile of over 20 years in Africa, Norbert a one time hood and revolutionist now turned humanitarian wishes only to return to Africa. Stuck amidst the red tape bureaucrats of Canadian immigration, he hopes to find exile by way of cargo boat. Before his departure he meets a young delinquent boy, named Christophe, who insists that Norbert finds a refuge for the Capuchin monkey he must abandon before taking his trip back home. Christophe convinces Norbert to place Trotsky, the monkey, at the local zoo and then drop him off at his mother’s home near Quebec City, where Norbert will take the cargo boat that left without him back in Montreal.
Two destinies intersect. Norbert has worked for twenty years in Africa. Either out of idealism or because he was forced to flee his country of origin. When he returns, it’s despite himself and without papers. Now Norbert has only one goal: to be deported back to Africa where he lived and worked. Above all, not to be stuck in Canada, where he feels useless and in danger.
Norbert plans to stow away on a cargo ship headed for Africa. But he must get rid of Trotsky, his pet monkey. He has no choice but to abandon the small primate in a park and hope that someone will pick him up. But an annoying kid spoils his plan by witnessing it and quickly bringing back the monkey. »Why are you dumping your pet? You’re disgusting!« What starts as a confrontation evolves slowly to a true companionship. The man and the boy serve as each other’s bridge over troubled waters.
Two destinies intersect. Norbert has worked for twenty years in Africa. Either out of idealism or because he was forced to flee his country of origin. When he returns, it’s despite himself and without papers. Now Norbert has only one goal: to be deported back to Africa where he lived and worked. Above all, not to be stuck in Canada, where he feels useless and in danger.
Norbert plans to stow away on a cargo ship headed for Africa. But he must get rid of Trotsky, his pet monkey. He has no choice but to abandon the small primate in a park and hope that someone will pick him up. But an annoying kid spoils his plan by witnessing it and quickly bringing back the monkey. »Why are you dumping your pet? You’re disgusting!« What starts as a confrontation evolves slowly to a true companionship. The man and the boy serve as each other’s bridge over troubled waters.
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