Rose Gallerand

1907. Magnifica, young Costa Rican harpist, is preparing for her concert at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels where she studies with her fiancé. Inspired by the life of Pacifica Zelaya.

This film was made by 2nd year students from "Concepteur et réalisateur de films d'animation" in GOBELINS, as part of a pedagogical exercise, on the subject of esotericism, strange, bizarre.

Afrobeat emerged in Lagos, Nigeria in the 1970s. The film follows an Afrobeat tube broadcast, from its early morning studio recording, to selling vinyl records and cassette tapes in town, into the evening where people dance feverishly to the music.