A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 9, 2025
Original Title:
C’était Bien
Alternate Titles:
We Had Fun
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Maneki Films
Messina Films
Production Countries:
France | Senegal
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 18
While on vacation in Bordeaux, four-year-old Lili and her brothers, aged nine and twenty, are left to fend for themselves when their flamboyant mother goes home to her restaurant-disco business in Gabon without them. Torn between the desire to return to her lost paradise and the duty to seize the chance to make her mother proud, Lili grows up developing strategies to survive, find success, and return to the bright lights of her native Africa.
Assistant Director of Photography:
Carmela DuPort
Colorist:
Vincent Amor
Director:
Linda Lô
Director of Photography:
Plume Fabre
Editor:
Julie Lena
Grip:
Emma Dewolf
Line Producer:
Adrio Guarino
Original Music Composer:
Korbinska Anna Anka
Post Production Supervisor:
Sacha Naymark
Producer:
Didar Domehri
Script Supervisor:
Estelle Bonnet-Gérard
Sound Mixer:
Baptiste Waneukem
Steadicam Operator:
Axel Ginolin
Writer:
Linda Lô
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