Gito the Ungrateful

Gito the Ungrateful

5.5IMDb Score
Released:1992-01-02
Duration:87 min
Director:Léonce Ngabo
Actors:Joseph Kumbela, Marie Bunel, Aoua Sangare, Eric Depreter, Thierry Kazazian
Production:TSR, Primwest, Office Fédéral de la Culture, Ministère Français de la Coopération et du Développement, CNC, Agence de la Coopération Culturelle et Technique, UNESCO

Overview:

Back home in Bujumbura with a Parisian diploma in his pocket and expecting to walk into a civil service job, Gito finds himself both unemployed and caught between two women: his current French girlfriend Christine and his local old flame Flora.

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