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La Vie est Belle

Name: La Vie est Belle
Released: 1987

1987

A poor village musician comes to Kinshasa dreaming of stardom and scrapes his way up through the city's vibrant music scene, with romance and rivalry in his path. A joyful rags-to-riches musical comedy featuring the great Papa Wemba.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Democratic Republic of the Congo

This film is stop 3 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Democratic Republic of the Congo. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 196 country film challenge.