Docs for Sale
The Burden
Le fardeau
Elvis Ngaibino Sabin
Central African Republic, France
2023
80 min
International Competition
About Docs for Sale
IDFA Docs for Sale is the top co-financing and co‑production market for creative documentaries. Docs for Sale users can log in for more project information.
About Docs for Sale
IDFA Docs for Sale is the top co-financing and co‑production market for creative documentaries. Docs for Sale users can log in for more project information.
Genre
Human Interest, Author's Point of View
Sales Agent
Stephan Riguet for Andana Films
IDFA Program Section
International Competition
Explore the collection
NaN/NaN results
Synopsis
Available in Docs for Sale after the world premiere at IDFA.
Rodrigue and Reine live with their three children in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. They make their living from a meager yield of cassava flour and are very active in the local church, where the battle between God and Satan is central, and believing in evil spirits, curses and witchcraft is common.
Rodrigue and Reine live with a big secret: they both have AIDS. The pastor proclaims in his sermons that the illness is a divine punishment, and this weighs heavily on the minds of the deeply religious couple, especially now that Rodrigue is becoming visibly sicker.
Explore the collection
NaN/NaN results
Credits
Director
Elvis Ngaibino Sabin
Elvis Ngaibino Sabin
Sales Agent
Stephan Riguet for Andana Films
Stephan Riguet for Andana Films
Contact
Sales Agent
Stephan Riguet for Andana Films
Festival Handling
Grégory Bétend for Andana Films
More Information
Premiere status during IDFA
World Premiere
Spoken languages
Afrikaans, French