Wherever there are people, problems are never lacking
Director Bram Van Paesschen
Countries
Duration 95 min
Synopsis
ISAAC MBUYI, A YOUNG CONGOLESE MAN FROM KATANGA, IS 21 YEARS OLD AND WORKS AS A ‘CREUSEUR’, OR EXCAVATOR. THIS MEANS THAT HE DIGS UP COBALT USING HIS BARE HANDS OR JUST A SPADE, IN THE ABANDONED MINES IN THE ONCE FLOURISHING TOWN OF KOLWEZI. ISAAC’S DREAM IS TO GO TO UNIVERSITY AND THROUGH EXCAVATING HE HOPES TO EARN THE MONEY HE NEEDS TO ACHIEVE THIS. BUT THINGS ARE NOT THAT SIMPLE. THE WORK IS ARDUOUS AND HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND MOREOVER, EXCAVATORS ARE AN EASY TARGET FOR MALAFIDE DEALERS AND PROFITEERS. ISAAC’S MOTTO HOWEVER IS ‘QUI NE RISQUE RIEN, N’A RIEN’ (NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING GAINED) BUT HE DOESN’T REALISE THAT HIS STORY WILL COME TO A BITTER END.
ISAAC MBUYI, A YOUNG CONGOLESE MAN FROM KATANGA, IS 21 YEARS OLD AND WORKS AS A ‘CREUSEUR’, OR EXCAVATOR. THIS MEANS THAT HE DIGS UP COBALT USING HIS BARE HANDS OR JUST A SPADE, IN THE ABANDONED MINES IN THE ONCE FLOURISHING TOWN OF KOLWEZI. ISAAC’S DREAM IS TO GO TO UNIVERSITY AND THROUGH EXCAVATING HE HOPES TO EARN THE MONEY HE NEEDS TO ACHIEVE THIS. BUT THINGS ARE NOT THAT SIMPLE. THE WORK IS ARDUOUS AND HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND MOREOVER, EXCAVATORS ARE AN EASY TARGET FOR MALAFIDE DEALERS AND PROFITEERS. ISAAC’S MOTTO HOWEVER IS ‘QUI NE RISQUE RIEN, N’A RIEN’ (NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING GAINED) BUT HE DOESN’T REALISE THAT HIS STORY WILL COME TO A BITTER END.