Madagascar / 1989 / 63mins / Documentary / Malagasy

A journey through tales and legends. A voyage between reality and imaginary in Madagascar. A subjective and impressionistic vision, tinged with humor and tenderness. The central character of the film is the oral tradition itself, which passes down the wisdom of the ancestors.

Marie-Clémence Andriamonta-Paes

Marie Clémence is a French / Malagasy filmmaker known for making documentary feature films where music is both narrative and pretext, along with her husband, director and DOP Cesar Paes. She holds a Masters degree in Sociology and a Marketing CELSA-Sorbonne Diploma. In 1988, she launched Laterit Productions, an independent production company based in Paris, committed in distribution and publishing. With her husband, she wrote and produced documentaries such as Angano...Angano, Tales from Madagascar, Songs and Tears of Nature, and Awara Soup. Their films have won top awards at Cinema du Réel, Festival dei Popoli and Leipzig Film Festival. Their previous films, Saudade do Futuro, Mahaleo, An Opera from the Indian Ocean and Songs for Madagascar have been theatrically released in France and in the USA, and some of them have been screened by Arte, WDR, WNYC, Canal+, and Taiwanese public TV. Fahavalo, Madagascar 1947 (2018) was her first film as director. Learn More

Cesar Paes

Cesar Paes is a Brazilian documentary filmmaker born in Campos, Rio de Janeiro in 1955. He co-founded Laterit Productions, which focuses on culture from Madagascar, Brazil and many other countries in Africa. He has produced, directed and written a number of films with his wife Marie-Clémence Andriamonta-Paes. Some of these films include Angano...Angano... Tales from Madagascar, Songs and Tears of Nature, Awara Soup, Saudade do Futuro, and An Opera from the Indian Ocean, which have won top awards at Cinema du Réel, Festival dei Popoli and Leipzig Film Festival. The films have been released theatrically, and are available on DVD and VOD. His most recent film, Songs for Madagascar, shows how six famous Malagasy musicians raise awareness of the fragility of Madagascar's environment. As DOP, he has worked with Raoul Peck, Sandra Kogut, JH Meunier, Camille Mauduech, among others. Learn More