Movie Details
Original Language:French
Ladies in Waiting
24 minDocumentary
Plot
Taking in the wives of the unemployed of unpaid government employees the Kitambo maternity clinic in Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo has to cope with its patients lack of money And negotiations are tough between the administration and the women As long as the bill remains unsettled they are kept at the clinic which only increases the cost of their stay And here everything has a price even a birth certificate The womens protests against their poor accommodations or their claims that their husbands pay is overdue can change nothing The female administrator wont budge an inch If youve no money you stay put Hold me hostage instead of my wife offers one man A long suffering manager herself at the mercy of the system must negotiate collateral with them a celebration dress a pair of earrings a suitcase so they will return and pay in full
