JOHNNY MAD DOG

Jean-Stéphane SAUVAIRE
  • 2008
  • Un Certain Regard
Prize of Hope 2008

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

Directed by : Jean-Stéphane SAUVAIRE
Year of production: 2008
Country: France, Belgium, Liberia
Duration: 97 minutes

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Secondary Production

  • SCOPE PICTURES Belgium

Secondary Production

  • EXPLICIT FILMS France

International Press

  • CÉDRIC LANDEMAINE