'Congo' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Balla con noi - Let's Dance (2011)
Actors:
Massimiliano Bruno (writer),
Massimo Ciavarro (actor),
Giannandrea Pecorelli (producer),
Fiorenza Tessari (actress),
Andrea Montovoli (actor),
Lorenzo K. Stanzani (editor),
Mascia Musy (actress),
Cristina Del Basso (actress),
Francesca Lukasik (actress),
Micol Ronchi (actress),
Cinzia Bomoll (writer),
Pier Paolo Piciarelli (writer),
Cinzia Bomoll (director),
Ludovica Leoni (actress),
Pasqualina Sanna (actress),
Plot: Rome. Erica is a dancer of the National Academy of Dance. The diploma examination is approaching and the voltage increases, out to show their utmost, but it is devolved, dance badly, fell and injured his ankle. The world seems to burying her. Marco is the soul of the Avengers, a multiethnic crew (Sara, Claudietto, Congo and Aziz) dancing hip hop, in continuous competition with the crew of Cico, the new boyfriend of his former Betty. Erica and Mark are brothers, but Marco has left home for choosing a lifestyle different. Erica's brother tries to find a little 'help in a time of crisis and knows that the Congo invites the challenge between the crew of Cico and that of his brother. He discovers a world totally unknown to her, but when he tries to deepen the relationship with Marco, the distance is still too much. In the meantime, between Congo and Erica was born a sincere sympathy. Marco understands that needs to change something in the way he put himself in front of the life decides to apologize to his sister and react by trying to recover his relationship with Betty, after a few attempts a bit 'naive to win her back. Mark, to show that is worth more than her new boyfriend, decides to put his crew to Battle, the most important challenge of the year for the breakers. Erica jumping classes at the Academy, and his teacher, Valeria, he finds it with the other guys in the crew. Valeria seeing the boys dancing hip hop, gives them advice, initially ignored... Mark then tries to help his sister to recover the love and passion for dance, organizing a surprise: a night at the opera, which will also lead to shy as a chaste kiss with Congo. It 's time for Erica to take to dance under the guidance of Valeria, although in the meantime prepare the choreography for the Battle with the crew of his brother. The date of the rate of year-end is fixed on the same day when you hold the Battle! Erica would like to stay with the boys, but they themselves convince her that her place is the College, until the big day arrives, not devoid of surprises for all...
Genres:
Musical,
Taglines: Come and dance with us!
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
Actors:
Paul Trijbits (producer),
John McKenna (miscellaneous crew),
Ulrich Felsberg (producer),
Nigel Thomas (producer),
George Fenton (composer),
Susanna Lenton (miscellaneous crew),
Cillian Murphy (actor),
Ken Loach (director),
Liam Cunningham (actor),
Sean McGinley (actor),
Andrew Lowe (producer),
Roger Allam (actor),
Frank O'Sullivan (actor),
Jonathan Morris (editor),
Neil Calder (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Just when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less then a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers.
Keywords: 1920s, abuse, ambush, ammunition, apology, armored-vehicle, arrest, arsenal, band, bandana
Genres:
Drama,
History,
War,
Taglines: Winner of the PALME D'OR at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Quotes:
Teddy: [looking around Hamilton's study] Such a beautiful room, it's hard to imagine a man's scream from here. Ever seen fingernails ripped out with a rusty pliers, Sir John, hmm? All your learning, and you still don't understand.::Sir John Hamilton: Oh, I understand perfectly, Mr. O'Donovan. God preserve Ireland if ever your kind take control.::Damien: [trains his gun on Hamilton] Well, you'd better start getting used to the idea.
Damien: Micheail was killed because he wouldn't say his name in English. That what you call a martyr, is it, Teddy?
Damien: I tried not to get into this war, and did, now I try to get out, and can't.
Damien: The Treaty does not express the will of the people, but the fear of the people.
Damien: And once again, with honourable exception, the Catholic Church sides with the rich.
Damien: Strange creatures we are, even to ourselves.
Teddy: It's not too late, Damien.::Damien: For me or for you?
Damien: [loading revolver] I studied anatomy for five years, Dan. And now i'm going to shoot this man in the head. I've known Chris Reilly since he was a child. I hope this Ireland we're fighting for is worth it.
Chris: Promise me, Damien. Promise me you won't bury me next to him?::[points to Sir John]::Damien: The chapel. Do you remember, on the way up? Do you remember?::Chris: Yeah.::Damien: In there.::Chris: Tell Teddy I'm sorry. I'm scared, Damien.::Damien: [sighs] Have you said your prayers?::Chris: Yeah.::Damien: God protect you.
Damien: [to Teddy] You have wrapped yourself in the fucking Union Jack! The butcher's apron, boy!
Concerto Campestre (2005)
Actors:
Antonio Abujamra (actor),
Kika Lopes (costume designer),
Leonardo Vieira (actor),
Araci Esteves (actress),
Roberto Birindelli (actor),
Sirmar Antunes (actor),
Miguel Ramos (actor),
Samara Felippo (actress),
Alexandre Paternost (actor),
Henrique de Freitas Lima (director),
Mariangela Grando (producer),
Luiz Antônio de Assis Brasil (writer),
Naiara Harri (actress),
Fernando Mattos (composer),
Genres:
Drama,
Fatal Conflict (2000)
Actors:
Lloyd A. Simandl (producer),
Kari Wuhrer (actress),
Michael Rogers (producer),
Lloyd A. Simandl (director),
Peter Allen (composer),
Leo Rossi (actor),
Miles O'Keeffe (actor),
Jennifer Rubin (actress),
Chris Hyde (writer),
Petr Drozda (actor),
John Comer (actor),
Silvana Vienne (actress),
Martin Hub (actor),
Derek A Whelan (editor),
David Fisher (actor),
Genres:
Action,
Drama,
Sci-Fi,
Taglines: One man wants her. One woman wants her dead.
Haunted Nights (1993)
Actors:
Jim Enright (editor),
Steve Hatcher (actor),
Ron Jeremy (actor),
Woody Long (actor),
Jonathan Morgan (actor),
Randy Spears (actor),
Steven St. Croix (actor),
Marc Wallice (actor),
Brittany (actress),
Celeste (actress),
Nicole London (actress),
Britt Morgan (actress),
T.T. Boy (actor),
Sahara Sands (actress),
Jonathan Morgan (writer),
Plot: Wacky private eyes Sam and Roscoe travel to Scotland after they are recruited by a shady woman to investigate the death of her grandfather who may have been murdered and her family members are part of the conspiracy.
Keywords: anal-sex, ape, brain-transplant, castle, double-penetration, hardcore, inheritance, lesbian-sex, mad-doctor, medical-experiment
Genres:
Adult,
Comedy,
Mystery,
Quotes:
Doctor: It's hammer time!::Roscoe: Stop!::Doctor: Why?::Roscoe: Can't touch this.
Los piratas (1986)
Actors:
Carlos Savage (editor),
Héctor López (producer),
Miguel Gurza (miscellaneous crew),
Tina Romero (actress),
Humberto Gurza (miscellaneous crew),
Antonio Orellana (writer),
Ignacio Retes (actor),
Gabriel Retes (director),
Abel Woolrich (actor),
Gabriel Retes (writer),
Carmelina Encinas (actress),
Alejandro Tamayo (actor),
Ernesto Rivas (actor),
Juan Claudio Retes (actor),
Jorge Santoyo (producer),
Genres:
Action,
Adventure,
Drama,
Laisse aller... c'est une valse (1971)
Actors:
Jess Hahn (actor),
Jean Luisi (actor),
Guy Delorme (actor),
Robert Berri (actor),
Nanni Loy (actor),
Lucien Frégis (actor),
Bernard Blier (actor),
Georges Claisse (actor),
René Clermont (actor),
Coluche (actor),
Michel Constantin (actor),
Philippe Khorsand (actor),
Philippe Castelli (actor),
Gérard Darrieu (actor),
Jean Martin (actor),
Genres:
Action,
Comedy,
Crime,
Duke of the Navy (1942)
Actors:
Veda Ann Borg (actress),
Paul Bryar (actor),
Ralph Byrd (actor),
William Beaudine (director),
Gerald Drayson Adams (writer),
Gerald Drayson Adams (writer),
William Beaudine (writer),
William Beaudine (writer),
Margaret Armstrong (actress),
Herbert Corthell (actor),
Guy V. Thayer Jr. (editor),
Sammy Cohen (actor),
Zack Williams (actor),
William Beaudine Jr. (actor),
Stubby Kruger (actor),
Plot: While on furlough, U. S. Navy sailors "Breezy" Duke and his pal, "Cookie" are offered the use of the Duke suite, belonging to a wealthy candy magnate, at an expensive hotel because of Breezy's last name. The offer was tendered when "Breezy" hinted he was the son of Mr. Duke. Thinking "Breezy" is rich, a jovial old swindler, "General" Courtney, who has planted a phony treasure on a desert island, offers to locate it for them if they finance the expedition. Courtney has enlisted the aid of a flashy blonde, Maureen, to further entice "Breezy's" interest. The two sailors talk their buddies into putting up their money also. They actually find a real buried treasure on the island which causes many complications to arise.
Keywords: 1940s, archive-footage, b-movie, blonde, california, character-name-in-title, cigarette-smoking, confidence-man, deceit, deception
Genres:
Action,
Adventure,
Comedy,
Romance,
Taglines: AHOY, SHIPMATES! AHOY! DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? (original poster - all caps) THERE'S A BLONDE DESTROYER IN THE OFFING! (original poster - all caps) OH, BOY! WILL SHE GIVE YOU A THRILL! (original poster - all caps)
A Sainted Devil (1924)
Actors:
Joseph Henabery (director),
Jean Del Val (actor),
Edward Elkas (actor),
L. Rogers Lytton (actor),
Frank Montgomery (actor),
George Siegmann (actor),
Rudolph Valentino (actor),
Ann Brody (actress),
Jesse L. Lasky (producer),
Adolph Zukor (producer),
Rex Beach (writer),
Forrest Halsey (writer),
Tony D'Algy (actor),
Louise Lagrange (actress),
Nita Naldi (actress),
Genres:
Drama,
The Fifth Man (1914)
Actors:
Francis J. Grandon (director),
Lafe McKee (actor),
Tom Santschi (actor),
Charles Clary (actor),
Roy Watson (actor),
Bessie Eyton (actress),
William Nicholas Selig (producer),
James Oliver Curwood (writer),
Francis J. Grandon (writer),
Frank Walsh (actor),
Genres:
Short,
Western,
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The Congolese government would also like to see the foundation of a national development bank with the help of international institutions, he added.
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South Africa is preparing to help the
Democratic Republic of Congo rebuild its devastated economy.
But
Deputy President Thabo Mbeki warned on Thursday that an international effort would be needed to tackle the country's "fundamental problems".
And one Johannesburg company is already flying the flag for the new state -- quite literally.
APTV reports on the profit from sweeping change in the former
Zaire.
In a suburb of Johannesburg, this company is already reaping the benefits from the sudden political upheaval in the former Zaire.
Staff at the factory are busy working to meet the demand for the new Democratic Republic of Congo's flag.
A U-N spokesman confirmed this week
President Kabila's wish for the national flag to revert to the one used when the former
Belgian colony was granted independence in June 1960.
The old
Congo flag being made in South Africa is a blue field bearing a yellow star in the upper left corner and a yellow-bordered red stripe running from the lower left corner to the upper right corner.
Orders for the new flag have even come from the former
Zairean embassy.
SOUNDBITE: (
English)
"We have had people from the new embassy or what was the Zairean
embassy, now the embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo
buying the flag. So we are pretty convinced that this will be the flag."
SUPER CAPTION:
Mike Clingman,
National Flags
The first batch of
100 flags went on sale in South Africa this week, and orders are expected to keep coming in.
Independent Congo's first flag -- displayed by Kabila's rebels since the early stages of their guerrilla campaign -- is mainly blue and yellow.
It has one large star in the centre and six smaller stars representing its six original provinces.
As the new government is set up, South Africa has formed a working group to look at what kind of help can be offered to the new Democratic Republic of Congo.
South Africa, which spear headed the
peace efforts between the two sides, is now hinting at a key role in establishing stability in the region.
But
Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad, addressing reporters on Thursday, said any aid would have to be part of an international effort.
SOUNDBITE: (
English)
"We will consider sending some experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo to see and discuss with them the nature of their problems and see what can be done. But South Africa on its own cannot help solve the very fundamental problems of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has to be a multinational effort."
SUPER CAPTION: Aziz Pahad,
South African Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister
In the new Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's new leader,
Laurent Kabila, has consolidated his power by scrapping the post of prime minister.
But rather than winning sympathy from the
West, such actions could re-ignite fears of a new era in strongman dictatorship in
Africa.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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Exploring Rwanda's Economic Transformation
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(www.abndigital.com) From the land of a thousand hills, we bring you "Doing
Business in
Rwanda", a monthly show focusing on sectorial growth and development in
...
(www.abndigital.com) From the land of a thousand hills, we bring you "Doing
Business in
Rwanda", a monthly show focusing on sectorial growth and development in one of
Africa's emerging markets.
Kicking off this 24 episode series is an overview of Rwanda's reforms towards growth and why the country is considered one of the most attractive investment destinations.
Surrounded by
Uganda,
Tanzania,
Burundi and the
Democratic Republic of Congo, this jewel of Africa is hard at work rebuilding its social and economic landscape.
ABN's Loise Wachira explores the country's transformation.
wn.com/Exploring Rwanda's Economic Transformation
(www.abndigital.com) From the land of a thousand hills, we bring you "Doing
Business in
Rwanda", a monthly show focusing on sectorial growth and development in one of
Africa's emerging markets.
Kicking off this 24 episode series is an overview of Rwanda's reforms towards growth and why the country is considered one of the most attractive investment destinations.
Surrounded by
Uganda,
Tanzania,
Burundi and the
Democratic Republic of Congo, this jewel of Africa is hard at work rebuilding its social and economic landscape.
ABN's Loise Wachira explores the country's transformation.
- published: 13 Nov 2012
- views: 8256
Congo Launches Agri-business Park In Move To Revamp Farming
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Democratic Republic of Congo has launched its first agricultural business park, the initial step in a plan to use its vast tracts of arable land to produce food
...
Democratic Republic of Congo has launched its first agricultural business park, the initial step in a plan to use its vast tracts of arable land to produce food, create jobs and wean the economy off its dependence on mining.
Congo has 80 million hectares of arable land and some 70 percent of the population works in farming but most are involved in subsistence agriculture and the country spent $1.5 billion on food imports last year.
The program hinges on Congo overcoming its reputation for being one of the trickiest business environments and reversing the current trend for agriculture's contribution to the economy declining as the mining sector expands.
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Democratic Republic of Congo has launched its first agricultural business park, the initial step in a plan to use its vast tracts of arable land to produce food, create jobs and wean the economy off its dependence on mining.
Congo has 80 million hectares of arable land and some 70 percent of the population works in farming but most are involved in subsistence agriculture and the country spent $1.5 billion on food imports last year.
The program hinges on Congo overcoming its reputation for being one of the trickiest business environments and reversing the current trend for agriculture's contribution to the economy declining as the mining sector expands.
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- published: 16 Jul 2014
- views: 248
Congo: The Economic Stakes Behind Congo "Africa's World War" - 2010 Achebe Colloquium
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The
2010 Brown University Achebe African Colloquium focused attention on three important
African nations:
Rwanda,
Congo, and
Nigeria, and the crucial issues that are impacting these nations, the continent and the world.
Mbaya J. Kankwenda,
Executive Director of the
Canadian Institute for
Development Research and
Strategic Studies on
Africa
Tatiana Carayannis,
Deputy Director,
Conflict Prevention and
Peace Forum,
Social Science Research Council
Ali Mazrui,
Albert Schweitzer Professor in the
Humanities and the
Director of the
Institute of
Global Cultural Studies at the
State University of New York at
Binghamton
Alafuele M.
Kalala, Former
Democratic Republic of Congo presidential candidate
Edouard Bustin, Director,
Francophone Africa Research
Group (GRAF),
College of Arts & Sciences,
Boston University
Moderator:
Ben Shepherd,
London School of Economics,
London
wn.com/Congo The Economic Stakes Behind Congo Africa's World War 2010 Achebe Colloquium
The
2010 Brown University Achebe African Colloquium focused attention on three important
African nations:
Rwanda,
Congo, and
Nigeria, and the crucial issues that are impacting these nations, the continent and the world.
Mbaya J. Kankwenda,
Executive Director of the
Canadian Institute for
Development Research and
Strategic Studies on
Africa
Tatiana Carayannis,
Deputy Director,
Conflict Prevention and
Peace Forum,
Social Science Research Council
Ali Mazrui,
Albert Schweitzer Professor in the
Humanities and the
Director of the
Institute of
Global Cultural Studies at the
State University of New York at
Binghamton
Alafuele M.
Kalala, Former
Democratic Republic of Congo presidential candidate
Edouard Bustin, Director,
Francophone Africa Research
Group (GRAF),
College of Arts & Sciences,
Boston University
Moderator:
Ben Shepherd,
London School of Economics,
London
- published: 12 May 2011
- views: 1677