Jean-Pierre Bekolo's first film is the story of the misadventures of a young girl called "Chef de Quartier" (District Manager), a little too curious for her age. The witch Mama Tecla teaches Chef de Quartier a revealing lesson by turning her into a young man. Now she becomes "Mon Type" (My Guy), and as if to mock their machismo, she joins the gang of youngsters in the Mozart district, who spend their time flirting. They encourage her to seduce "Samedi" (Saturday), the daughter of "Chien Méchant" (Naughty Dog), the grotesque local policeman, who never stops playing with his walkie-talkie. Quartier Mozart made by Bekolo at the age of 25, with a style that is playful, comic, and sardonic became the representative of a new generation that has been working against the restrictive expectations of African cinema, mixing genres and linking pop with politics. Quartier Mozart won number of awards (Locarno, Montreal... and was nominated for the Surtherland Trophy in London along with Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs.)
An advocate of artistic freedom, Bekolo is committed to realising Africa’s philosophies and cultures. Quartier Mozart shows the hybridity, complexity and humour in urban Yaounde in a playful, hip-hop reinvention of a traditional tale about gender, power, magic and politics.