Fragments of Life (2000)

The film follows three stories that take place in the slums of a city in French Equatorial Africa. At nightfall, people seem to regain a vitality which explodes in the bars to the rhythm of the latest hits from the music charts. The first part tells the story of Petit-Jean, a young graduate, who is unemployed and roams the city in search of work. From humiliations to frustrations, the destiny of this young ordinary African changes dramatically. The second part follows a young girl who transforms herself into an angel of death in order to free herself from a traumatic past. The final section is of an encounter between a woman and a man who seem ordinary at first, but a past which the woman had thought had forever disappeared, resurfaces in this man.

Released Feb. 11, 2000 85 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: imdb.cameroon, imdb.yaounde-cameroon, imdb.street-life, imdb.urban-setting, imdb.triptych, imdb.equatorial-africa, imdb.cinema-verite + 24 more, imdb.seeking-a-job, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.revenge, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.torture, imdb.prostitute, imdb.petty-criminal, imdb.slum, imdb.three-stories, imdb.high-rise-building, imdb.dancer, imdb.dancing, imdb.bar, imdb.disco, imdb.song, imdb.singer, imdb.singing, imdb.violence, imdb.tragic-event, imdb.trauma, imdb.reference-to-the-angel-of-death, imdb.humiliation, imdb.death-of-father, aspectratio.1-66-1