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Cast

Lao Yang

Lao Yang

Crew

Tatjana Kozar

Tatjana Kozar

Line Producer

Dieter Diependaele

Dieter Diependaele

Editor

Yves de Mey

Yves de Mey

Sound

Pieter Deweirdt

Pieter Deweirdt

Sound

Bart Van Langendonck

Bart Van Langendonck

Producer

Bram Van Paesschen

Bram Van Paesschen

Editor

Emmanuel Gras

Emmanuel Gras

Cinematography

Xavier Rombaut

Xavier Rombaut

Line Producer

Bram Van Paesschen

Bram Van Paesschen

Director

Jeroen Van Der Stock

Jeroen Van Der Stock

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Empire of Dust

20117.0 / 1077 min
Documentary

Overview

Two men representing two different cultures clash in the dust of the former Belgian colony, the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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.