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This Magnificent Cake!

This Magnificent Cake!

20180h 45min
6.6

In 1885, Africa is a succulent cake destined to be wildly divided and everyone wants a piece. A disturbed European king, a Pygmy working in a luxury hotel, a successful but lonely businessman, an enslaved porter, a young army deserter, a ghostly clarinetist. Some benefit from colonialism and greed. Others suffer racism and violence.

GenreAnimation, History, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Production CompaniesBeast Animation, Pedri Animation, Vivement lundi !, ARTE, CNC, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Van Hecke Consult Comm. V., Basok BVBA, Région Bretagne, PROCIREP, Netherlands Fund for Film, ANGOA
Production CcountriesBelgium, France, Netherlands

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