
Empire of Dust (2011)
7.0|18 Oct, 2011|77 min
Two men representing two different cultures clash in the dust of the former Belgian colony, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
7.0|18 Oct, 2011|77 min
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Lao Yang is head of logistics of the group. He is responsible for the equipment, building materials and food (mainly chickens) to arrive in the isolated Chinese prefab camp. The Congolese government was supposed to deliver these things but so far the team hasn't received anything. With Eddy (a Congolese man who speaks Mandarin fluently) as an intermediate, Lao Yang is forced to leave the camp and deal with local Congolese entrepreneurs, because without the construction materials the road works will cease. What follows is an endless, harsh, but absurdly funny roller coaster of negotiations and misunderstandings, as Lao Yang learns about the Congolese way of making deals.
Keywords
congo
belgium
colonisation
cultural conflict
Casts

Lao Yang
Crews
Tatjana Kozar
Line Producer
Dieter Diependaele
Editor
Yves de Mey
Sound
Pieter Deweirdt
Sound

Bart Van Langendonck
Producer

Bram Van Paesschen
Editor

Emmanuel Gras
Cinematography
Xavier Rombaut
Line Producer

Bram Van Paesschen
Director
Jeroen Van Der Stock
Sound
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