Cameroon10 Essential Films from CameroonStop 9 of 10

Aristotle's Plot

Name: Aristotle's Plot
Released: 1997

1997

A playful, self-reflexive Cameroonian satire that pits a die-hard fan of Hollywood action movies against an avant-garde filmmaker, staging a mischievous debate about what African cinema should be. Jean-Pierre Bekolo's genre-bending experiment.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Cameroon

This film is stop 9 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Cameroon. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Cameroon in the 196 country film challenge.