Owell BROWN, the Ivorian producer and director of Braquage à l’africaine and D’un Mec idéal (Bronze Award winner at Fespaco 2011), launches Dans la Peau d'un Caïd, a new comedy that he directed and co-produced with SC Consulting.
This comedy brings together renowned actors such as Anaïs Agneli, Gohou Michel, Adrienne Koutouan, Yvidero, and Digbeu Cravate, was filmed in Abidjan and will be released in theaters in Abidjan on January 13, 2023, on the Afroacine stream platform (owned by ICOAST MOVIE) starting February 13, and on the Ivorian channel NCI six months later.
SYNOPSIS:
At 25, Diana, a beautiful young woman with bourgeois manners, has fallen in love with a wealthy heir, Christophe Kassi, who lives cut off from reality in his world where money flows freely.
Diana plans to move in with Christophe and marry him. But then, as preparations for the dowry are well underway, her best friend, the exuberant Katy, convinces her to consult a fortune teller to ward off any bad luck that could prevent the union.
No sooner said than done. But the appointment does not go as planned, thanks to Viny Terranova, a shameless little thug. The leader of a gang of small-time crooks, he shows up and tries to extort money from the fortune teller.
In the panic, the woman makes a mistake in the wording of her incantations. The consequences are disastrous for Diana, who wakes up the next day in Viny Terranova's body, and vice versa.
In short, the bride is a man and the bandit is a woman. Their whole lives are turned upside down…
PRODUCTION: I COAST MOVIE, SC Consulting
THEME: Comedy
TITLE: "Dans la peau d'un caïd" (In the Skin of a Gangster)
TARGET AUDIENCE: General public
RUNNING TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes
FILMING LOCATIONS: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
DIRECTOR: Owell Brown
CAST: Gohou Michel, Adrienne Koutouan, Yvidero, Anaïs Agneli Kouakou,
Joël Williams, Carmen Sama, Digbeu Cravate, Jeanne Tessia, Wêrê Liking,…
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