A drama set in the brutal world of Africa's ghettos, Bronx-Barbes opens with an introduction to Toussaint and Nixon, two teenaged friends who are out of work and commit petty thievery in order to eat. After accidentally murdering a ganglord one night, the two are taken under the wing of a group of thugs who populate the Bronx, a tough neighborhood run by a Mafia-like organization. Toussaint is able to scale the ranks of the neighborhood hierarchy, while Nixon ends up in jail for burglary, and is only released after Toussaint raises the money to free him. Eventually, the friends move on to Barbes, an even rougher neighborhood where they find that it takes more than just friendship to survive.
Directed by Éliane de Latour
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Cast
Laurent Ibo
Tarek Aziz
Antony Koulehi Diate
Toussaint
Loss Sylla Ousseni
Nixon
Edwige Dogo
Mariam
David Cyril Guen
Simpliste
Shang Lee Souleyman Kere
Tyson
Thomas Guei
Al Capone
Daouda Siabé
Chirac
Riki Aboubacar Kouyaté
Roccoco
Lassima Touré
Matador
Awa Diara
Petit Modèle
Ibrahim Daff
Pablo Escobar
Yacouba Traoré
Tupac Amaru
San Kess Soukouri
Ramsès le Pharaon
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