''Clando'' is a

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drama film from

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directed by Jean-Marie Teno. Initially set in

Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. Home to Central Africa's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Airport (DLA), it is the com ...

, the film explores the experiences of Anatole Sobgui (played by Paulin Fodouop), a man who loses his job as a computer programmer and begins working as an unlicensed

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(or 'clando') who is arrested and tortured by a corrupt regime for printing anti-government leaflets. Left sexually and psychologically impotent by the experience, his life begins to deteriorate rapidly. He migrates to

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to find his former employer's son, Chamba. Here, he falls in love with a local, a political activist named Irene, who convinces him to return home to Cameroon. ''Clando'' was Teno's first feature-length film. It addresses issues around

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and

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in Cameroon, and sharply criticizes the authoritarian leadership.

Cast

*Anatole Sobgui - Paulin Fodouop *Madeleine Sobgui - Henriette Fenda *Irene - Caroline Redl *Chamba Rigobert - Joseph Momo *Tchobe - Guillaume Nana

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