“I don’t come from the city, but the beat is good, I’m not from Panama, but Marley Gomon…” If you too have the effect of these few words, like Proust’s Madeleine, it is because you have heard the title over and over again. Marley-Gaumont Released by rapper Kamin in 2006.
The artist cheerfully and lightly tells about his childhood in the town of Picardy. Did he know at the time that his most famous song was going to be turned into a feature film?
Ten years later, in 2016, the film Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont was released in cinemas. A biographical film about his life, or rather his parents’ life, tells how they left Kinshasa in 1975 for France. The father, a recently qualified doctor, enjoys the position of village doctor in a small French village.
Arriving in Marly-Gaumont, Seyolo and his family become disillusioned. The population is afraid, they have never seen black people in their life. But Seyolo is determined to succeed in his bet and will do anything to win the trust of the villagers…
With an audience rating of 3.7 out of 5 and only 600,000 admissions in France, Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont is one of those titles that is getting a well-deserved second life on streaming platforms. And that’s why you need to jump on it before it leaves the catalog!
It’s a nice movie, but not only…
What was France like for an immigrant family in the 1970s? This is the question that Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont tries to answer, but through the prism of comedy.
If this feature film by Julien Rambaldi doesn’t make you laugh, it will also offer you beautiful moments of emotion and tenderness, especially when the father of the family, played by Marc Zinga, finally gains the trust of his residents. village. He died in 2009, a few years before the film’s release, and it is to him that Kamin pays tribute with this biography.
The rapper and his director wanted to put an end to clichés and racism with Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont, without complacency. A true message of tolerance to audiences yesterday and today, this is an enjoyable film for the whole family. And that’s what makes it a success.
Please note that it is leaving the Netflix catalog on October 7th.
Source: Allocine
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