Product Details

• Actors: Papa Wemba, Bibi Krubwa, Landu Nzunzimbu Matshia, Kanko Kasongo, Lokinda Menji Feza
• Directors: Benoît Lamy, Mweze Ngangura
• Writers: Benoît Lamy, Mweze Ngangura, Maryse León García
• Producers: Benoît Lamy, Mweze Ngangura, Munga K. Kabasele
• Format: Color, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: French
• Subtitles: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Kino Video
• VHS Release Date: October 3, 2003
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304039662
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,213 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A famous musician in Congo, January 21, 2001

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pdejace "bellapai" (New Orleans, La USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life Is Rosy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a very amusing and interesting movie about an unusually gifted peasant who becomes a famous musician in Kinshasa (then Zaïre). It is a romantic and very lively comedy and a fascinating glimpse at life in a large african city. The music is excellent,the story funny and the local actors amazing. Now that the country is ravaged by a horrible civil war (the "first african world war"), it is even more interesting (if sad) to watch.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars la vie est belle, August 16, 2001

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"[e-mail]" (new york, ny USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life Is Rosy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

titled in french la vie est belle, life is rosy stars the young papa wemba who is now an international star. it a musical fable about love, music, and witchcraft in kinshasa, the capital of the democratic republic of the congo, and will make anyone who has visited this beautiful but troubled country nostalgic. cook up a pot of poule mwamba, crack open a primus and enjoy this delightful story.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life is Rosy / La vie est belle, April 8, 2004

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This review is from: Life Is Rosy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This a wonderful, rich, balanced movie. Anyone planning to live in Africa (especially West or Central Africa) MUST SEE THIS MOVIE FIRST. It beats any amount of briefing or training.
(Unfortunately, the original title--La vie est belle--has been eclipsed by the later Roberto Begnini movie of the same name--in French.)

--Nigel Spencer