The Importance of Being Elegant Trailer (2004)

14 August 2004 Factual 70 mins

Set to the soundtrack of Papa Wemba's extraordinary music, this outrageous, funny and eye-opening film depicts the underground world of a flamboyant African cult. Papa Wemba is a well-known Congolese singer. He is also a big cheese in Le Sape, the Société des Ambianceurs et Persons Élégants, which translated into English means a society of people who spend huge amounts of money on designer clothes with the motive of making themselves as conspicuously elegant as possible. The film is a splendid evocation of Papa Wemba's music, but it is also an unusual insight into what it means to be an immigrant in contemporary Europe. The sapeur have borrowed from our own culture, creating something rich and strange and wholly Congolese. Don't miss the scene where they try on fur coats.

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Cast

Papa Wemba as Self

Anti-Gigolo as Self

Archibishop of La Sape as Self

Mere Malou as Self

Minister of the Budget as Self

Minister of the Attack as Self

Poison as Papa Wemba's bodyguard

Crew

Valerio Bonelli Editor

Laurent Bocahut Executive Producer

Éric Turpin Cinematography

Philippe Ciompi Supervising Sound Editor

George Amponsah Director

George Amponsah Producer

Cosima Spender Director

International Titles

The Sapeurs Trailer

International Releases Dates

United Kingdom 14 August 2004

Production Companies

October Films

Dominant 7

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