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Pierrette, a gifted seamstress and a mother of three, can’t seem to catch a break.

Pierrette’s rotten luck is no joke.

The events of “Mambar Pierrette” are fictional, but the film’s nonprofesssional actors play versions of themselves.

Pierrette Aboheu Njeuthat, cast in the title role, is Mbakam’s cousin, and many of the figures who orbit Pierrette’s life are the actress’s neighbors and relatives.

A rich community portrait unfolds as Pierrette prepares her clients’ orders and flits around town putting out fires.