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Congorama
Congorama

Congorama

Genres

Drama

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Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the age of 41 that he was adopted, actually having been born in Sainte-Cécile, Quebec. In the summer of 2000, he travels to Quebec, supposedly to sell some of his inventions. While on a near-impossible quest to find his birth family in the town where he was born, he crosses paths with Louis Legros, son of another inventor, in a meeting which will change their lives.

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Budget

$5000000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

25 May 2006

Country

Canada

Cast

Paul Ahmarani

Paul Ahmarani

Louis Legros

Olivier Gourmet

Olivier Gourmet

Michel Roy

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Hervé Roy

Claudia Tagbo

Claudia Tagbo

Alice Roy

Arnaud Mouithys

Arnaud Mouithys

Jules Roy

Lorraine Pintal

Lorraine Pintal

Lucie

Gabriel Arcand

Gabriel Arcand

Priest

Guy Pion

Guy Pion

Germain Collignon

Janine Sutto

Janine Sutto

Sister Lafrance

Marie Brassard

Marie Brassard

Madeleine Longsdale

Henri Chassé

Henri Chassé

Energy Minister

Jules Philip

Jules Philip

Man in Alcove

Mireille Bailly

Mireille Bailly

Lawyer

Carlo Ferrante

Carlo Ferrante

TV Host

Jean-Luc Couchard

Jean-Luc Couchard

Journalist

Brigitte Poupart

Brigitte Poupart

Customs Officer

Frédéric Dompierre

Frédéric Dompierre

Flight Attendant

Olivia Le Clercq

Olivia Le Clercq

Tennis Coach

Richard Kistabish

Richard Kistabish

Robert

Carmen Blais

Carmen Blais

Country Host

Jacques Neefs

Jacques Neefs

Ophtalmologist

Benoît Rousseau

Benoît Rousseau

Tow Truck Driver

Geoffrey Gaquere

Geoffrey Gaquere

Doctor

Jacques Hébert

Jacques Hébert

Man at the Minister's Office

Sylvain Scott

Sylvain Scott

Police Inspector

Giuseppe Venturelli

Giuseppe Venturelli

Sylvio Legros

Aaron MacDevitt

Aaron MacDevitt

Amerindian

Ange Mouithys

Ange Mouithys

Congolese Narrator (voice)

John Canoe

John Canoe

Diamond Mine Worker

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