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Eat Bitter

2023·Movie
1h 33min

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A local construction worker and a Chinese engineer are assigned to build a bank in the Central African Republic. But time and resources are scarce, there are rumours of civil war – and their personal lives are not going too well either.

A local construction worker and a Chinese engineer are assigned to build a bank in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, one of the poorest countries in the world. But time is short and resources are scarce, and there are rumours in the countryside that a new civil war is brewing. And as if all this wasn’t bad enough, their relationships to their wives are falling apart. ‘Eat Bitter’ mirrors the existential and mundane problems of the two men, while an unlikely friendship and mutual trust blossoms between them. However, the chaotic microcosm of the construction site also mirrors China’s contradictory role in 21st century Africa, with the bank itself as the ultimate symbol of money, power and illusion. Director duo Pascale Appora-Gnekindy and Ningyi Sun themselves represent each of the two cultures, and their film has a unique eye for the human fallibility and irony of it all, but also for how we can reach each other despite all our many differences.
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Is Eat Bitter worth watching?

47
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Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 47/100 (IMDb 7.4). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.

How long is Eat Bitter?

1 h 33 min

Eat Bitter runs 1 h 33 min.

What language is Eat Bitter in?

SangoChineseFrench

It was made in Sango, with some Chinese, French. Produced in Central African Republic, United States.