This Magnificent Cake!

Name: This Magnificent Cake!
Genre: Drama, History, Comedy, Animation, Short
Released: March 1, 2019
Duration: 44 min
Cast: Alexander Rolies, August Rolies, Bruno Levie, Gaston Motambo, Goua Robert Grovogui

2019

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GKIDS | Release Date: March 1, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Alexander Rolies, August Rolies, Bruno Levie, Gaston Motambo, Goua Robert Grovogui, Jamal Tahri, Jan Decleir, Michel Kossi, Paul Huvenne, Wim Willaert

Summary: In the late 19th century, keen to compete with other European imperial powers on the continent, King Leopold II of Belgium proclaimed, "I do not want to miss a good chance of getting us a slice of this magnificent African cake." The subsequent occupation of the Congo would come to attract a contingent of servants, merchants andIn the late 19th century, keen to compete with other European imperial powers on the continent, King Leopold II of Belgium proclaimed, "I do not want to miss a good chance of getting us a slice of this magnificent African cake." The subsequent occupation of the Congo would come to attract a contingent of servants, merchants and miscellaneous bourgeois driven by everything from insatiable greed to existential fear. From the intimate stories of these characters -- many of whom pass through a luxury hotel in the middle of the jungle - emerges a greater narrative concerning the imperialist mentality. [GKIDS]… Expand

Director: Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels

Genre(s): Drama, History, Comedy, Animation, Short

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 44 min

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Charles Solomon

Feb 28, 2019

At 44 minutes, This Magnificent Cake may be a long short or a short feature. Either way, it’s an intriguing, disturbing film, utterly unlike American studio animation. Read full review

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