Black Dju

Black Dju

80 mins | Comedy | Nov. 28, 1997

This standard slice-of-life drama is about Dju Dibonga (Richard Courcet), a young man who leaves his home on Cabo Verde, an island of Portuguese dependency off the coast of Africa, to go to Luxembourg and search for his father. Far from his home village and unfamiliar with the large city, the young black man forms an unlikely friendship with a down-and-out white policeman whose only consolation in life is found at the bottom of a bottle. Their developing companionship forms the main focus of this movie directed by Pol Cruchten.

Black Dju

80 mins | Comedy | Nov. 28, 1997

Black Dju
This standard slice-of-life drama is about Dju Dibonga (Richard Courcet), a young man who leaves his home on Cabo Verde, an island of Portuguese dependency off the coast of Africa, to go to Luxembourg and search for his father. Far from his home village and unfamiliar with the large city, the young black man forms an unlikely friendship with a down-and-out white policeman whose only consolation in life is found at the bottom of a bottle. Their developing companionship forms the main focus of this movie directed by Pol Cruchten.
Producers Samsa Film, RTBF, Saga Film, Vermedia
Original title Black Dju
Directors Pol Cruchten
Writers Frank Feitler, Pol Cruchten

Cast

Philippe Léotard

as Inspecteur Plettschette

Cesária Évora

as Maria Dela

Adama Kouyaté

as Joseph Touré

Myriam Mézières

as La femme seule dans le café

François Morel

as Gérard de Foyer