Taxis in Cameroon are supposed to be yellow. Howewer, there exists clandestine taxis working illegaly. Sobgui is an illegal cab driver who braves everyday's hostilities of other drivers and strives to avoid constant police harrassment. Life at home is not easy either. Sobgui is relieved after he was offered the opportunity to go to germany to buy second hand cars to start a real business home. Out of gratitude to the elderly person who financed the trip, he goes to Cologne to look for the man's long lost son. He meets Irene, a young German political activist fighting for minorities and immigrants'rights.

"A work of art on the level of artistry with Satyajit Ray's investigation of India.... Acting doesn't get any better than this." - Philadelphia Forum
A former political prisoner and victim of torture, Sobgui leads a precarious life driving a gypsy cab ("clando") in Cameroon, a country that has become his prison. He's only too happy when he's sent to Germany to buy secondhand cars. Along the way, Teno's African Everyman travels deep into a dark dream that haunts, paralyzes and eventually propels him back into the battle for Cameroon's future.

1996, 95 minutes

LES FILMS DU RAPHIA,
Jean-Marie Teno
Paris (France).

Coproduction: RAPHIA FILMS PRODUCTION, (Cameroon), ZDF/ARTE (Germany).

With the participation of: FONDS SUD CINEMA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Centre National de la Cinématographie - France).

Distribution / International Sales: LES FILMS DU RAPHIA


Festivals:
Prix des Fédérations Internationales des Ciné-Clubs au Festival de Fribourg (Switzerland), 1996.
Prix du public au Festival Cinema Africano de Milan (Italy), 1996.
Grand Prix à Vues d'Africa à Montréal, 1996.