简介：OneofthemostdelightfullyunexpectedAfricanfilmsindecades,QuartierMozartwasawardedthePrixAfriqueenCreationatthe1992CannesFilmFestivalandhasenchantedfilmfestivalaudiencesfromNewYorktoNewDehli.Toldovera48-hourperiodinaworkingclassneighborhoodinYaounde,Jean-PierreBekolo'sfilmisthestoryofthenot-very-sentimentaleducationofayoungschoolgirlknownasQueenofthe'Hood.MamanThekla,thelocalsorceress,helpsherenterthebodyofayoungman,MyGuy,soshecandiscoverforherselfthereal"sexualpolitics"ofthequarter.Meanwhile,MamanTheklaherselfassumestheshapeofPanka,afamiliarcomicfigureinCameroonianfolklorewhocancauseaman'spenistodisappearwithasimplehandshake. MyGuyisinitiatedintothequarter'smalehierarchywithitscolorfulcastofcharactersincludingthepolicechiefMadDog,hissonSecretCorrespondent,andthesuavetailorwholikestocallhimselfYoungLadies'Candy.DirectorBekolousestraditionalwitandmusic-videostyletocreateanimaginaryworldofintoxicatingplayfulness--aplacewherewomen'swisdomandwitchcrafthelpthemachieveabalanceofpowerwithtthementheybothloveandstruggleagainst.…