JOHNNY MAD DOG
Today, in contemporary Africa.
Johnny, 15, a kid-soldier armed to the hilt, is inhabited by the mad dog he dreams of becoming.
With his small commando – No Good Advice, Small Devil, Young Major – he robs, pillages, and slays everything in his path.
Laokolé, 16, pushing her disabled facther around in a rickety wheelbarrow, attempting to invent the glorious future which her brilliant studies seem to have in store for her, strives to flee her city occupied by teenage-soldier militias, with her little brother Fofo, 8.
As Johnny advances, Laokolé flees . . .
Under the windows of embassies, NGOs, the High Commissionership for Refugees, teenagers fed by Hollywood imagery and disinformation play at war. The militias fight enemies dubbed “Patriots”; the “Dogo-Mayis” want to extermina
Year of production: 2008
Country: France, Belgium, Liberia
Duration: 97 minutes
Credits
- Jean-Stéphane SAUVAIRE Director
- Jacques FIESCHI Screenplay
- Jean-Stéphane SAUVAIRE Screenplay
- Marc KONINCKX Cinematography
- Alexandre VIVET Production Design
- Jackson Tennessee FOURGEAUD Music
- Stéphane ELMADJIAN Editing
- LES KOUZ Sound
- Yves COMELIAU Sound
Casting
- Daisy Victoria VANDY LAOKOLE
- Christopher MINIE JOHNNY MAD DOG
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Contacts
Secondary Production
- SCOPE PICTURES Belgium
Secondary Production
- EXPLICIT FILMS France
International Press
- CÉDRIC LANDEMAINE