JOHNNY MAD DOG (France)
The Story:
Two teenagers are caught up in the melee as rival ethnic factions turn their Congolese city into a bloody battleground.
Johnny Mad Dog, (Christophe Minie) is a 15-year-old boy and a member of the Death Dealers militia as he patrols the city with his Uzi, looting, raping and killing, eager to prove himself a man.
Laokole (Daisy Victoria Vandy) is a 13-year-old teenage girl who dreams of one day becoming an engineer, flees home ahead of the marauding militias. She istrying to take her younger brother Fofo and crippled father (whom she pushes in a wheelbarrow) from their village to the relative safety of the city.
Their paths cross on several occasions, but their first meeting sparks an unexplained act of compassion from Johnny.
Starring:
Christopher Minie, Daisy Victoria Vandy, Dagbeh Tweh, Barry Chernoh, Mohammed Sesay
Directed By:
Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Release:
2008
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