A young man, barely entering the world of adults, feels lost in the modern prison of cities, houses and buildings and their system of complex bureaucracy and false meritocracy. Aspiring to a simpler life far from the masses and their madness, he will try to leave everything...
Tabataba tells the story of a small Malagasy village during the independence uprising which took place in 1947 in the south of the country. For several months, part of the Malagasy population revolted against the French colonial army in a bloody struggle. The repression in villages that followed was terrible, leading to fires, arrests and torture. Women, children and the elderly were the indirect victims of the conflict and suffered particularly from famine and illness. One leader of the MDRM Malagasy Party, which campaigns for the independence of the country, arrives in a village. Solo (François Botozandry), the main character, is still too young to fight but he sees his brother and most of the men in his clan join up. His grandmother, Bakanga (Soavelo), knows what will happen, but Solo still hopes his elder brother will return a hero. After months of rumours, he sees instead the French army arrive to crush the rebellion.
Does farmer Ly have dealings with the Chinese, who have recently been tampering with the infrastructure of the village of Sitabaomba, not far from the Malagasy capital of Antananarivo, director Nantenaina Lova asks as bluntly as mischievously. Ly denies it. However, it becomes increasingly clear in the course of “Where Zebus Speak French” that the various development measures, often introduced by foreign initiatives and fuelled by corrupted politicians, also affect him.
Madagascar, nowadays. Kwame, 20, struggles to make a living in the clandestine sapphire mines. An unexpected event takes him back to his hometown. As he reunites with his mother and old friends, he finds himself confronted with the rampant corruption plaguing his country. He will have to choose between easy money and loyalty, between individualism and political awakening.
The Malok’Ila Zeparsa movie, while introducing new faces, remains faithful to the original spirit of the series. Among those new characters, Rajao Junior, bringing a new dynamic to the story as a courageous orphan, aged around 12 years old. His character, true spiritual heir of Rajao, combines comedy and intelligence, positioning himself as the ideal sidekick of the protagonist. Through a touching narration of daily life, the tribulations of adolescence and family dynamics, the film transports us to varied settings, from Nosy Be to Ankadivoribe, from Antananarivo to Bongolava.
The Malagasy government discovers an unlikely revolutionary weapon, made of artisanal rum and water from Lake Anosy (the most polluted lake in the country) and decides to sell it to the highest bidder in order to improve the country's economy. By the greatest of coincidences, North Korea wins the auction, and the entire geopolitical balance of the world is upset. The incredible parody from the Red Island!
Haingo, a young single mother from Madagascar, struggles to pay the school fees of her six-year old daughter. A dance company proposes her a contract for a trial period. Haingo grabs this chance, leaves her family and moves to the capital city, Tananarive. She has only a few days to learn a choreography that is completely new to her.
Tenth instalment of the franchise which portrays the far-from-average life of a Malagasy character in a humorous way, with suspense, fights, comedy, and adventures.
"The Return" deals with rural exodus, the return to the land, the antagonism between two worlds: that of urban dwellers and of the rural areas deeply rooted in tradition. Ranaivo lives in Antananarivo. To make ends meet, he sells ice lollies. his father, Ratovo, comes to the capital to ask for his son’s help. he needs money to organize the turning of the dead ceremony. After the village celebration, Ranaivo decides to leave the capital and emigrates to the highlands where everything is open to those who want to get back to the land.
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Eleventh instalment of the franchise.
A mishap caused a new argument between the two protagonists families and ended up postponing the marriage plan between Johary and Bakoly again indefinitely. This painful interlude aside, some collaborators of Johary and Bakoly with the complicity of Landy, in love with Johary, are doing everything to ensure that the couple's project does not succeed.
A young woman works as a prison guard in a hopelessly overcrowded jail in central Madagascar. She passes the time daydreaming about her father, a murderer, who abandoned her as a child after killing his own brother. In her imagination, her father becomes a mythical killer, wandering the countryside and rolling enchanted dice to decide the fate of his victims. Secretly, she yearns for the day her father will turn up amongst the prisoners. When a new inmate arrives claiming to know her father, her fantasies begin to turn to nightmares.
Eigth instalment of the franchise, in which our main characters traveled to France to secure some fund for the church back in the countryside.
The story takes place in a hospital. The new and young head doctor Johary, recently returned to the country after brilliant studies abroad, falls madly in love with one of the nurses, Bakoly, who works under his orders. However, very serious disputes oppose the two families. Against the backdrop of a crime of passion perpetrated by someone we did not expect, gags and dramatic situations follow one another at the polyclinic, in the village, in the fields and even at the temple. Bakoly is ready to sacrifice her dream and her romance when an unexpected event occurs. The real culprit is unmasked, but everything is not in order...
The story of Madagascar from 1895 to 1975: colonization, war, revolt, independence. Since the movie is a historical drama, the Malagasy government forced the director to modify the film so that it was in accordance with the Socialist Revolutionary ideas.
Ninth instalment of the franchise.
