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Oka!

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • 1 Std. 45 Min.
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5,6/10
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Oka! (2011)
The story of Louis Sarno, an American ethno-musicologist who lived among the Bayaka Pygmies in Central Africa for 25 years.
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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThe story of Louis Sarno, an American ethno-musicologist who lived among the Bayaka Pygmies in Central Africa for 25 years.The story of Louis Sarno, an American ethno-musicologist who lived among the Bayaka Pygmies in Central Africa for 25 years.The story of Louis Sarno, an American ethno-musicologist who lived among the Bayaka Pygmies in Central Africa for 25 years.

  • Regie
    • Lavinia Currier
  • Drehbuch
    • Lavinia Currier
    • Louis Sarno
    • Suzanne Stroh
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Kris Marshall
    • Haviland Morris
    • Will Yun Lee
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    203
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    • Regie
      • Lavinia Currier
    • Drehbuch
      • Lavinia Currier
      • Louis Sarno
      • Suzanne Stroh
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Kris Marshall
      • Haviland Morris
      • Will Yun Lee
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    • 61Metascore
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    Kris Marshall
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    Haviland Morris
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    • Lydia Blake
    Will Yun Lee
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      • Louis Sarno
      • Suzanne Stroh
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    6r96sk

    All in all, I wouldn't recommend this one

    I'll likely effectively not remember 'Oka!' in a few days. It's not necessarily 'bad' - 'forgettable' is more apt.

    Kris Marshall feels like quite odd casting, but he does the job no doubt. Will Yun Lee, Isaach de Bankolé and Mapumba do their bit too, but to be honest I wouldn't say it's a film that has noteworthing acting/actors. Elsewhere, the story is meh - I didn't really get into it unfortunately. Also, is it just me or do the wild animals (namely the elephants) look uncanny, I genuinely couldn't tell if they used special effects or not.

    All in all, I wouldn't recommend this one. I rate the Central African Republic visuals, mind.
    4Prismark10

    Listen here

    Oka means 'Listen' in the Pygmy language. Louis Sarno is an American author who in the mid 1980s spent time with Bayaka Pygmy tribe in the Central African Republic.

    Sarno recorded their music and his experiences were published as Song From The Forest, which was included among the '99 books that capture the spirit of Africa' by Geoff Wisner.

    If you want to know more about Sarno you will not find out from this curious film, it tells you little about him or what exactly he is dying off as the early scenes are with a doctor in the USA. Sarno is still alive and lives in CAR.

    British actor Kriss Marshall plays the American author and throws himself in the role as he has to speak with an American accent as well as French and local dialect. There is plenty of scenes in the jungle which leads to some beautiful scenery and scenes with the local tribes as they stave off industrialisation. There is some colourful indigenous music but the plot is slight, in fact there really is not one.

    The lack of a plot means the film gets dull very quickly from an interesting beginning. The film wants to give a message of conservation but it is muddled. The tribe does not view life with western eyes. The biggest failing is you do not get to learn about the man himself. An amiable diversion for people interested in Africa.
    1rooprect

    Zero stars for animal cruelty

    There was no notice of "no animals harmed" by the AHA, RSPCA, WWF or as a courtesy of the filmmakers themselves. And being that this was a pretty low budget effort, I'm sure they didn't use sophisticated cgi or animatronics. Most people don't care about the abuse of animals in film, but in case you are one of the few, be forewarned.

    Beyond that, the film is a conflicted mess. I'm not sure whom this film is supposed to appeal to. Tree-huggers like me are attracted by the theme of conservation, trite as it may be (a mega timber corporation wants to chop down the rainforest and displace the pygmies, yeah yeah but I'll still watch). However, the film is terminally muddled by contradictory elements and hypocritical messages.

    We're quite obviously supposed to feel sympathetic toward the pygmies and hateful toward the slick-dressed, smooth talking politicians who make deals with evil Chinese whilst they dine on elephant meat (I'm not exaggerating, that's how hard they beat us over the head with the good guys vs. bad guys). But the Pygmies themselves are shown killing animals with their bare hands, shopping at markets for skewered monkeys, killing birds, and... did anyone catch? making musical instruments out of elephant tusks. And this glorious elephant tusk horn is the holy grail of the film. Explain that hypocrisy. Or better yet, don't even waste your time.
    2AKiboko

    Disappointing

    What promised to be a fine work, representing the life of L. Sarno as he joined and lived with the Ba'Aka, turned out to be a terrible waste of time and investment. The score, for one thing, is quite distracting throughout -- except for the Ba'Aka music -- and the story as portrayed in this minor narrative, is unrevealing and flat. Currier is no director, as this film shows. As they say, "not ready for prime time."

    Sarno's work, which began in 1984 or there abouts, represents some of the finest and most prescient connections of an outside party to those living close to nature, and discovering the relevance of perseverance under very difficult conditions culturally (because western influence is so virulent), spiritually, economically and socially. Sarno has recorded and published some of the details of this extremely trying environment, not much of which surfaces in this presentation, unfortunately. It is convenient exploitation rather than a well-grounded endeavor.
    8another_heavenly_world

    Home is where you live to the fullest!

    I found Oka! to be an interesting and entertaining movie. The story is compelling and I felt constantly challenged to confront the western culture in which I live with this foreign ancient rainforest tradition that has survived against the enormous pressure of the outside world. Although it's true that it doesn't have very much depth as far as the work of Louis Sarno is concerned and the plot develops very much in the vein of a commercial movie, I still found this picture to be quite honest, beautiful and unique. I think it is a nice introduction to the life of the Bayaka pygmies and the curious life of Louis Sarno. For me it was an interesting blend of documentary and fiction. Loved it.

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      During filming in the Central African Republic, one of the native pygmies working as a tracker was attacked by the Silverback gorilla. His arm received 2 large bites and he almost lost it.

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 14. Oktober 2011 (Vereinigte Staaten)
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    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 18.364 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 4.461 $
      • 16. Okt. 2011
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      • 18.364 $
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