Les Maîtres fous / Théma Vampires partie 2
Jean Rouch
1954. In the bustling African port city of Accra, a burgeoning outpost of the British Empire, young men from the surrounding area find work in a variety of occupations. This is a place of contradictions, symbolized by two parades through the downtown streets, one by the daughters of Jesus, the other by local prostitutes. Some of the young men travel out to the countryside to take part in extraordinary rituals in which they dress up, fall into a trance and perform animal sacrifices. After the ceremony, they return to the city and the normal routine of their lives.
"Chez le grand prêtre Muntieba, au cours d’une cérémonie où les corps entrent en transe, on sacrifie un chien, dont on boit le sang et dont on se partage les membres, crus ou cuits. Une manière de traquer le vampire au plus profond de notre humanité."
(Le Monde, Janvier 1993)
- Interprétation
- Jean Rouch
- Scénario
- Jean Rouch
- Photographie
- Jean Rouch
- Son
- Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahim Dia
- Montage
- Suzanne Baron
- Production
- Pierre Braunberger