Two men representing two different cultures clash in the dust of the former Belgian colony, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Original title
Empire of Dust
Released
10/18/2011
Origin country
BE
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
Savage Film
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
1hr 17min
Lao Yang is head of logistics of the group. He is responsible for the equipment, building materials and food (mainly chickens) to arrive in the isolated Chinese prefab camp. The Congolese government was supposed to deliver these things but so far the team hasn't received anything. With Eddy (a Congolese man who speaks Mandarin fluently) as an intermediate, Lao Yang is forced to leave the camp and deal with local Congolese entrepreneurs, because without the construction materials the road works will cease. What follows is an endless, harsh, but absurdly funny roller coaster of negotiations and misunderstandings, as Lao Yang learns about the Congolese way of making deals.
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