Alex OGOU, Côte d’Ivoire, 2023
SYNOPSIS
After losing the last member of her family, SIA, a 28-year-old Franco-Ivorian, is contacted by ADJOUA, a woman from Abidjan claiming to be her half-sister. For 20 years, Sia believed she was dead. Shocked by the revelation, she decides to leave Paris for Abidjan. However, her world is turned upside down when she discovers that Adjoua is engaged in “bizi” to pay for her daughter AMELAN’s medical expenses.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Alex OGOU is an Ivorian actor, director, and producer. He has received multiple awards, including the Best Actor Award (1999) for the film À la place du cœur, the Best Director Award at the African Talent Awards (2018), and the Best Francophone Series Award (2018). His series Invisibles won the NISA D’OR (2019), followed by Cacao in 2022, and OBATANGA, which won Best Series at FESPACO 2023.