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2006 Canadian film

Congorama Christal Films theatrical poster for Congorama Directed by Philippe Falardeau Written by Philippe Falardeau Produced by Joseph Rouschop Éric Tavitian Starring Olivier Gourmet Paul Ahmarani Jean-Pierre Cassel Gabriel Arcand Lorraine Pintal Claudia Tagbo Arnaud Mouithys Jean-Luc Couchard Cinematography André Turpin Edited by Frédérique Broos Music by Jarby Mc Coy Distributed by Les Films Christal (Canada) Benelux Film Distributors (Benelux) UGC PH (France) Release dates May 25, 2006 (2006-05-25) (Cannes Film Festival) January 17, 2007 (2007-01-17) (Belgium) Running time 105 minutes Countries Canada Belgium France Language French Budget $30 million

***Congorama*** is a French-Belgian-Canadian film directed by [Philippe Falardeau](/source/Philippe_Falardeau), released in 2006.

## Plot

Michel is a [Belgian](/source/Belgians) inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the age of 41 that he was adopted, actually having been born in [Sainte-Cécile](/source/Sainte-C%C3%A9cile-de-Masham), [Quebec](/source/Quebec). In the summer of 2000, he travels to Quebec, supposedly to sell some of his inventions. While on a near-impossible quest to find his birth family in the town where he was born, he crosses paths with Louis Legros, son of another inventor, in a meeting which will change their lives.

## Premiere

Congorama received its world premiere at the [Directors' Fortnight](/source/Directors'_Fortnight) series held alongside the [2006 Cannes Film Festival](/source/2006_Cannes_Film_Festival).[1]

## Awards

[Genie Award](/source/Genie_Award) – Screenplay; [Prix Jutra](/source/Prix_Jutra) – Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor (Ahmarani, Gourmet), Supporting Actor (Arcand)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-premiere_1-0)** (2003), [Allmovie information](http://www.allmovieguide.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:350876)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*], *[Allmovie](/source/Allmovie)*, accessed 2008-04-12

## External links

- [Lecinéma.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20070510142853/http://www.lecinema.ca/film/1222/)

- [*Congorama*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810809/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Films directed by Philippe Falardeau The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (2000) Congorama (2006) It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008) Monsieur Lazhar (2011) The Good Lie (2014) My Internship in Canada (2015) Chuck (2016) My Salinger Year (2020) Lovely Day (2025)

v t e Prix Iris for Best Film Le Violon rouge (1999) Post Mortem (2000) Maelström (2001) Un crabe dans la tête (2002) Québec-Montréal (2003) Les Invasions barbares (2004) Mémoires affectives (2005) C.R.A.Z.Y. (2006) Congorama (2007) Continental, un film sans fusil (2008) Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (2009) J'ai tué ma mère (2010) Incendies (2011) Monsieur Lazhar (2012) Rebelle (2013) Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde (2014) Mommy (2015) La Passion d'Augustine (2016) Juste la fin du monde (2017) Les Affamés (2018) 1991 (2019) Antigone (2020) La déesse des mouches à feu (2021) Les Oiseaux ivres (2022) Viking (2023) Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant (2024) Une langue universelle (2025)

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