Now Playing in the Mahajunga Movie Theater

The Girl with the Unstable Lamba

                A white American wanders around an empty Madagascar town during mid-afternoon. Little does she know, her lamba will fall off in the middle of a street. A taxi-be full of passengers will stop as the driver makes smooch noises out of the window. A homeless woman will also corner her in an ally when she tries to fix the fallen lamba. She will spend the rest of the day holding the lamba with one hand and somehow, have the lamba get progressively shorter…

The People Who Never Sleep

                Based in a coastal Madagascar town, this documentary features a city of people who live in one of the hottest cities in Madagascar. They wake at 4:30 to enjoy the coolest part of the day and go out after dinner until 11:30. Their middle of the day siesta allows them to sleep/sweat through the hottest part of the day, but only lasts an hour. WHEN DO THEY SLEEP?

Baby Police (in English)

A small African boy, who speaks broken English, stars in this 10 part movie series in which he dresses up as a gendarme and stops cars to take money. This movie also features a police dance number, musical transition songs that sing the phrase “Baby Police” on repeat and a shakey hand held camera.

*If you express interest in this movie because of incredible bizarre-ness, your family will play it during every meal and before bed.

*This is actually a real movie… yeah. 

Cockroaches Attack III

                In this third horror/adventure film of the Cockroaches Attack series, we witness the bathroom adventures of one vahsa with a weak flashlight in the scariest WC ever recorded on film. Brace yourself for moments of pure fear, cockroaches that run over toes and a look into a cockroach hole on the side of the wall. You just might leave this film saying “Note to self: NEVER SHINE YOUR FLASHLIGHT IN A COCKROACH HOLE. You silly, silly girl. What did you expect?”

Namara

                In this linguistic documentary, we witness the challenge of pronouncing the “ch” sound in English for the Malagasy people. This would be the sound found in the words “children” “chunder” oh, and “Michelle.” As a result, different words and names are used. Cue the weirdest nickname in existence, Namara.

Mornings with Bruno

                Watch as a 40 year old Malgasy man named Bruno and a 20 year old vasha named Namara wake up at 4:30 to go jogging together on the “Bord de la Mer.” You will laugh at the funny shoes worn, cry at the out of shape-ness of both parties and ogle at the Franglish that is spoken in between exhausted dry heaves.