Au nom du Christ

Synopsis:

A small village in West Africa. One day, a young beautiful woman falls into madness, under the spell of a sorcerer. A pigherd teased by the men of his village and after almost drowning, decides to “save his people”.

He presents himself to them as the “cousin of Christ”. Somewhat crazy, a bit of a thief, with fetishist tendencies, this character awakens his compatriot’s imagination. A charlatan for some, for others a prodigy, he rules as a master and he pushes his convictions to the limit, getting as far as to have himself crucified just as Christ was crucified. This is a story, which corresponds to an African reality that exists.

The film shows us, in an evocative way, the proliferation of sects and aberrations, which these can create in an Africa, caught in between tradition, modernity and power.