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Joséphine Ndagnou
Actress, director and producer of "Paris à tout prix", a film about emigration
Born in 1964
On screen : Les Saignantes (2005), Paris à tout prix (2007)
Who are they?
Joséphine Ndagnou is a Cameroonian director, screenwriter, producer and actress, born in 1964 in Galim. She trained at the École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle in Paris and holds a master's degree from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, and worked for more than fifteen years as a director at the national broadcaster, CRTV.
What made them famous
She became known in Cameroon as an actress in popular television films, "L'Étoile de Noudi" and "Japhet et Ginette", under the stage name Ta Zibi. In 2007 she wrote, produced and directed "Paris à tout prix", also playing the lead: the story of a young woman from Yaoundé who dreams of Paris and ends up in prostitution there. A success in Africa, the film won awards at FESPACO and at the Vues d'Afrique festival in Montreal in 2009.
Key facts
- She appears in Jean-Pierre Bekolo's "Les Saignantes" (2005).
- She acted in "Le Dernier Voyage" (1990), a short film by Jean-Marie Teno.
- She also appeared in the television film "Le Retraité" (1990).