Le silence de la forêt

Le silence de la forêt
Directed byBassek Ba Kobhio
Didier Ouenangare
Screenplay byÉtienne Goyémidé
Based onLe silence de la forêt by Étienne Goyémidé
Produced byAnnie Izoungou
Charles Mensah
Alderrahmane Sissako
StarringEriq Ebouaney
Nadège Beausson-Diagne
CinematographyPierre-Olivier Larrieu
Music byManu Dibango
Production
companies
Agence intergouvernmentale de la francophonie
Nord-Express Productions
Arte France Cinema
Centre National du Cinéma
Les Films Terre Africaine
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesCentral African Republic
Cameroon
Gabon
France
LanguagesBantu
French
Sango
English
Budget12 million FF

Le silence de la forêt (lit.'The Silence of the Forest/The Forest') is a 2003 drama film directed by Bassek Ba Kobhio and Didier Ouenangare. The film is an adaption of the eponymous novel by Étienne Goyémidé. A co-production between Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and France, it is the first feature filmed in the Central African Republic. It is also the first film to depict the contemporary prejudice held by some Africans toward the pygmy people.