TGV

1998
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

195

YOUR RATING

Comedy Drama

The TGV? No, it is not the famous French high-speed train, but instead the rickety and colourful bus operated, driven, repaired and, if need be, pushed by the intrepid "Rambo". This time, th... Read allThe TGV? No, it is not the famous French high-speed train, but instead the rickety and colourful bus operated, driven, repaired and, if need be, pushed by the intrepid "Rambo". This time, the trip between Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and Conakry, the capital of Guinea, is outri... Read allThe TGV? No, it is not the famous French high-speed train, but instead the rickety and colourful bus operated, driven, repaired and, if need be, pushed by the intrepid "Rambo". This time, the trip between Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and Conakry, the capital of Guinea, is outright dangerous: the road crosses the territory of the Bijagos, who have launched an unexpec... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

195

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 8 wins & 1 nomination total

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9hlrzhlrz

Great Comedy with ba-a-a-a-d political satiric machinegunfire of scenarios

Bus with mixed society of passengers travels across Africa. From a corrupt minister to a general of a rebel group, everything is represented in the bus. Having passed several obstacles along their way, they fall into the hands of the general's rebel group where the corrupt minister tries - what else - to sell the rest of the passengers to the rebels, hoping to escape. MUST have seen the rest of the story, but even the "known" (described) scenes are worth to see them in the movie :) Great French movie gang humour with even greater African gang humor, forms a good basis for a solid Afriollywood ...

(pity: id available at amazon for the double price of a normal DVD only, and almost never shows up in TV or movie theaters)

Kirpianuscus

wise constructed

The first temptation is to see it as a comedy. An easy , colorful comedy. In fact, it is just a very useful satire. About people, relations, Africa versus France, about totem as piece of museum and about politic as winning game. The acting is just lovely. The moral - fair building. And the compassion for french couple , the entrance in Conakry, the inspired portrait of each character are the good gifts. Short, just a seductive, wise constructed image of African realities.