Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont (2016)
Directed by Julien Rambaldi

Biography / Comedy / Drama

aka: The African Doctor

Film Synopsis

In 1975, Seyolo Zantoko has just graduated in medicine in Kinshasa. He is keen to work in France and, to the delight of himself and his wife Anne, he is offered a post as a doctor in a small village in Picardy named Marly-Gomont. The welcome that Seyolo receives on his arrival can hardly be described as warm. Virtually no one in this out-of-the-way backwater has seen a coloured person before and the entire community appears united in their scepticism as to whether Seyolo is up to the job. Gradually, the new doctor gains the confidence and respect of the villagers, and his popularity is not harmed when his son manages to get himself into the local football team...

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Film Credits

Director: Julien Rambaldi
Script: Benoît Graffin, Julien Rambaldi, Kamini Zantoko
Photo: Yannick Ressigeac
Music: Emmanuel Rambaldi
Cast: Marc Zinga (Seyolo Zantoko), Aïssa Maïga (Anne Zantoko), Kamini Zantoko (Bayron Lebli), Médina Diarra (Sivi), Rufus (Jean), Jonathan Lambert (Lavigne), Jean-Benoît Ugeux (Le maire), Stéphane Bissot (Madame Quinquin), Nissim Renard (Ami Mortreux), Maxime Rennaux (Fil de Fer)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 96 min
Aka: The African Doctor

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