In Mambar Pierrette, Cameroonian filmmaker Rosine Mbakam blurs fiction and reality to portray her cousin, a seamstress balancing motherhood, work, and survival in Douala. Amid floods, theft, and struggle, Pierrette’s strength radiates through every stitch and splash of colour she creates. A tender, unvarnished portrait of resilience, Mbakam’s film transforms the ordinary into the poetic. A love letter to women who endure with beauty and dignity.

Rialto Recommends: Mambar Pierrette. Rosine Mbakam’s Mambar Pierrette shimmers with quiet power. A film that turns everyday struggle into art. Refusing pity and embracing humanity, it celebrates the grace, humour, and endurance of African womanhood with honesty and heart. Pierrette’s story may be small in scale, but it leaves an enormous emotional imprint. A triumph of empathy and craft.