Dream Kakudji ( Rêve Kakudji )

Dream Kakudji (DVD) (*)

$27.99

Original Title: Rêve Kakudji
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
64 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
Congo ( Africa, Middle East )
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Ibbe Daniëls
Koen Vidal

Written By:
Koen Vidal

Actors:
Ibbe Daniëls
Koen Vidal

Synopsis:

***ATTENTION***Mixed language audio with English, Dutch & French subtitles***The moment Serge Kakudji saw an opera singer for the very first time as a young boy on Congolese television, he decided to become a celebrated countertenor himself. Despite the many doubts of his family, he travels to Europe, determined to make it to the top of the classical opera world.

Serge Kakudji is a twenty-year-old Congolese counter tenor who fell in love with opera as a young boy, listening to audiotapes of opera recordings in his room in Lubumbashi. Later he traveled to Europe to achieve his dream of becoming a top opera singer. Although Serge's artistic ambitions are pure and uncomplicated, the reactions among his environment and audiences are often ambiguous and divided. While some people respect and acknowledge his artistic vocation, others see him as an exotic oddity, or complain that that his African timbre jars with classical opera. Serge refuses to be discouraged by any of this. On the contrary, he wants to hold up a mirror to Western culture and confront it with its underlying beliefs. He also wants to use his story and experiences in the west to bring opera to Congo. Together with his countrymen and women, he wants to found a Congolese opera tradition based on African stories that will inspire people to follow their dreams.

Serge Kakudji is a young Congolese counter tenor who fell in love with opera as a kid, listening to audiotapes of opera recordings in his room in Lubumbashi. Later he traveled to Europe to achieve his dream of becoming a top opera singer.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 11 January, 2015.