This dramedy brings together a range of love stories against a backdrop of betrayal and disappointment. Released in 2015, this film is a veritable cocktail of stories drawn from everyday life in Gabonese society, where love, seduction, infidelity, beliefs, mysticism, lies, revenge, and drama are the order of the day. Through its images, “Le Prix de la trahison” immerses viewers in the story of three couples who have friends in common and find themselves in embarrassing and tragic situations.

In Gabon, within the Congo Basin, a young aspiring filmmaker forced into his father’s logging empire uncovers a plan to destroy a sacred forest—and a buried colonial-era family secret.