Bwanga Pilipili

Acting

Bwanga Pilipili

Acting credits

The African Doctor poster
6.8

1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to flee tyranny, is hired by the mayor of a small town in northern France, he begins a struggle to adapt to a new life and gain the trust of the prejudiced villagers.

The African Doctor

2016

The Investment poster
8.0

In a dystopian world where everything must be profitable, Rachel Boyer gets a negative rating. The only remedy is working in a slaughterhouse for unproductive people.

The Investment

2024

Isn't She Lovely? poster
5.8

A couple of parents get in over their heads when they decide to use Scandinavian alternative teaching methods for their teenager.

Isn't She Lovely?

2020

Nelly & Nadine poster
7.0

Nelly and Nadine meet in Ravensbrück concentration camp. They spend the rest of their lives together. Decades later, Nelly’s granddaughter goes in search of clues. A poignant film about a love story and the need for individual and collective remembrance.

Nelly & Nadine

2024

The Nannies poster
6.5

Angèle, a thirty-something from Ivory Coast, always cope thanks to the gift of gab and audacity. To escape from a bunch of dangerous criminals, she becomes a nanny in the uptown Paris, hired by Hélène, the single mom of eight years old Arthur. Discovering the work conditions of her colleagues, she decides to stand up for their rights, thanks to a young lawyer who will quickly fall for her.

The Nannies

2022

She's the Protagonist poster
1.0

The Protagonist, going by her first name, is presented to us in her natural environment: a jungle often sadly devoid of density. But today, she’s had enough! Being the mother, the secretary, the lover, the nanny, the sex interest of the main male character is no longer enough for our dear Protagonist. Put on “mute” after having used up the speaking time allotted to the female* characters of a film, she runs away with her buddy Voice Over, starting out on a new journey. All in good fun.

She's the Protagonist

2020

Don't Tell Her poster
5.5

Laura, Eve, Anouch and Yaël are four cousins, very different and very endearing, who have one thing in common: they lie, but always for love! When the first three discover a few weeks before their little cousin's wedding that her perfect fiancé is cheating on her, they vote in unison "Don't tell him"!

Don't Tell Her

2017

Forfait poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Forfait

2019

Tout ça ne nous rendra pas Noël poster
NR

A Christmas Eve gathering among old friends turns tragic. Under the tree lies a poisoned gift – Tintin in the Congo – picked at random by a guest of African descent. Between buried secrets, forced soul-searching, generational clashes and political-family squabbles Brussels-style, things heat up faster than a turkey left too long in the oven.

Tout ça ne nous rendra pas Noël

2025

Death Will Come poster
NR

Tez kills for money. Charles Mahr, a legendary gangster, hires her to avenge the murder of one of his couriers. Once in Brussels, she gets caught up in the thicket of an intrigue in which she herself becomes the prey. Tez has to decide whose instrument she wants to be.

Death Will Come

2026

You Will Be My Ally poster
6.0

In this gripping short drama, Domé, a young woman from Gabon who speaks flawless French, is apprehended at the airport on her way into Belgium. She says she’s a French citizen—a businesswoman on her way to meet with suppliers. Border control agents say she’s lying and traveling with a stolen passport. Shut in a bare interrogation chamber, Domé faces dehumanizing treatment from accusers, firmly answering the same questions over and over. While left on her own, she can hear cries coming from the next room. Trying to stave off deportation, Domé asks to use the bathroom. There, she carries out a traditional ritual—one which could cost her her life, or give her a chance at a new one. YOU WILL BE MY ALLY is an early work of Rosine Mbakam’s that already shows the themes which have come to inform the award-winning filmmaker’s career.

You Will Be My Ally

2012

Kaniama Show poster
4.0

Kaniama Show is a satire of national TV in an African country, spreading its propaganda of soft power between complaisant interviews and musical interludes.

Kaniama Show

2018