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This Magnificent Cake!(2018)
Status: Released
Date: 2018-12-20
66%
37 Votes
Time: 0h 45m
Overview:
In 1885, Africa is a succulent cake destined to be wildly divided and everyone wants a piece. A disturbed European king, a Pygmy working in a luxury hotel, a successful but lonely businessman, an enslaved porter, a young army deserter, a ghostly clarinetist. Some benefit from colonialism and greed. Others suffer racism and violence.
Languages: French, Dutch.
Countries:
Belgium,
France,
Netherlands
ProductionCompanies: 
Pedri Animation
Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds
Van Hecke Consult Comm. V.
Basok BVBA
Région Bretagne
Netherlands Fund for Film
ANGOA
Movie: This Magnificent Cake!
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jan Decleir
The King (voice)
Wim Willaert
Van Molle (voice)
Goua Robert Grovogui
Bolenge (voice)
Video Trailer This Magnificent Cake!
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