{"id":3231,"date":"2022-11-21T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2022-11-21T12:36:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:36:54","slug":"talk-je-peux-dire-que-cest-le-cinema-qui-ma-choisi-reine-mpouadina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/en\/people\/talk-je-peux-dire-que-cest-le-cinema-qui-ma-choisi-reine-mpouadina\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk : “I can say that it was cinema that chose me” – Reine Mpouadina"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nominated for the LFC Awards 5 in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role in the film L’Accord by Frank Thierry Lea Malle, Cameroonian actress Reine Mpouadina has accepted with great enthusiasm to answer the many questions of your magazine. Without a tongue of wood and with her huge bursts of laughter, the actress takes stock of her film career but also of the latest professional experiences she has experienced. A refreshing conversation that will surely catch your eye and allow you to discover and rediscover an actress who will certainly need to be counted on in the years to come.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

So I can say that the cinema chose me<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ayila : How did your meeting with the cinema go and how would you describe your journey so far?
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Reine Mpouadina : <\/strong>As a child I dreamed of being an actress but nothing more. My encounter with cinema is really in 2008 when, at university, I accompanied a friend to cast a short film [Oser ou S’exposer<\/strong><\/a><\/em> de Gervais Djimeli Lekpa, Editor\u2019s note<\/em>]. At the end of that day, the director insisted on giving me the casting too and that he let me go, I ended up accepting without much conviction, finally I was chosen for the main role. I will describe my career as atypical because at the beginning I never thought of making a career in cinema, I had quite diverse professional experiences. So I can say that cinema chose me. As soon as the thirst for art was stronger, I decided to make it a profession and give myself the means to succeed.<\/p>\n

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Ayila\u00a0: This year, you are nominated for the LFC Awards in the category of best supporting actress, for your performance of Am\u00e9lia Koum in the film L’Accord by Frank Thierry L\u00e9a Malle. How did you feel when this appointment was announced?
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R.M.<\/strong><\/em> : It was obviously the joy that dominated, I was very happy when I learned it because I did not expect it at all. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the promoter Fran\u00e7oise Ellong, the organizing and selection committee of the LFC Awards<\/a>. For me to be appointed to this 5th edition, knowing that professionals of the trade have selected me among many others is already a great pride, a sign of encouragement and an additional motivation to even more work.\u00a0 Then we cross our fingers for the evening of November 24 [Editor\u2019s note: the 5th edition of the LFC Awards will be held on November 24, 2022 in Douala<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Ayila : With the film L’Accord you return to the cinema after 10 years of absence. Why this absence, what happened during this long period and how did this return happen?
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R.M.<\/strong><\/em> : My last film, the medium-film Le d\u00e9sert ou le maquis<\/strong>, I shot in 2010. Between 2010 and 2021, the year I shoot L’Accord<\/strong>, which is my first feature film and also the film that signs my comeback, I simply lived my life. I put priority on personal, family and professional life projects. In 2018 I discovered dubbing and it is during my dubbing sessions that I was born the desire to reconnect with the actorat. So when the opportunity presented itself for the casting of L’Accord<\/strong>, I did not hesitate, I thought that this time I would give everything.<\/p>\n

“When I see the reaction of people after the screenings, their emotion, their joy, their astonishment etc. this is my greatest satisfaction.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n