Eric Kabongo

Eric Kabongo

Eric Kabongo Ilunga (born 21 May 1984), is a Belgian actor and singer with a Congolese descent. He is best known for the roles in the films Welcome to Germany, Sawah and Third Wedding. He was born on 21 May 1984 in Kinshasa, Zaire (currently Democratic Republic of the Congo). At the age of 13, he came to Belgium due to the fact that his mother married a Belgian and settled in Flemish village in the suburbs, in Belgium. He currently lives in Waregem, West Flanders. He started his career as a rapper with the stage name 'Krazy-E'. In 2013, he became an actor with an uncredited role as a train passenger in the film The Fifth Estate. In 2014, Kabongo played in the short D5R and then received a role in the critically acclaimed Belgian film Black. In 2016, he was invited to Germany to play the role as a refugee 'Diallo' in the comedy film Welcome to Germany. With the film, he became a leading actor across Europe. In 2019, he acted in the film Sawah where he won the Golden Palm Award for Best Supporting Actor at the Queen Palm International Film Festival. In the same year, he acted in the series Rivallen und Rebellen. In 2014, a documentary What about Eric? was released regarding his life. The documentary later won the prizes for Best Belgian documentary as well. Then the documentary Ensor won the award for the Best Flemish documentary, which was later dedicated to Kabongo by directors Lennart Stuyck and Ruben Vermeersch. Source: Article "Eric Kabongo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Eric Kabongo
  • Popularity: 0.4033
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1984-05-21
  • Place of Birth: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Eric Kabongo Movies

  • 2021
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    Germany in Winter

    Germany in Winter

    10 2021 HD

    After a pensioner's apartment has been vacated, she moves into an emergency shelter. There she meets a refugee, who is about to be deported. Although the two could not be more different, they become friends and dream to live free from oppression and structural violence. In this desolate reality of life, in which the days are restless, dark and cold, present politics is reflected.

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  • 2018
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    Kaniama Show

    Kaniama Show

    4 2018 HD

    Kaniama Show is a satire of national TV in an African country, spreading its propaganda of soft power between complaisant interviews and musical interludes.

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  • 2023
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    4 Days to Eternity

    4 Days to Eternity

    1 2023 HD

    Based on the mysterious legend of Idilia Dubb. Germany, 19th century, Middle Rhein Valley. The dreamy Idilia awakes injured in the midst of a gloomy castle ruin and can't remember anything that happened before. When she discovers in horror that there is no escaping the towering castle walls, she begins a grueling fight for survival. Only her nebulous diary can help her decipher the past, which exposes a secret romance with Abyssinian actor Caven, a performer in a human zoo exhibition run by her fiancee Franz Hagerberg. Idilia's written record, however, blurs the lines between reality and fiction.

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  • 2014
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    What About Eric?

    What About Eric?

    1 2014 HD

    The eccentric Eric Kabongo wants to steer his life into a new direction and dreams of a music career. Eager to be accepted by the local community, he tries to make a name for himself as his alter ego: Krazy-E. However, his troubled past forms a dark cloud over his head. Will he be able to shake off his demons and live a normal life? 'What about Eric' shows the inner world of a lost soul desperately looking for a place called home.

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  • 2016
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    Belgica

    Belgica

    6 2016 HD

    The story of two brothers who, even though they have absolutely nothing in common, open a bar together that quickly becomes a regular hangout for nighthawks. Despite the success, they must soon face up to the difficulties inherent in running a family business. Their brotherhood turns into rivalry, through no fault of their own.

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  • 2015
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    Black

    Black

    6.62 2015 HD

    Mavela, 15 years old, is a Black Bronx. She falls madly in love with Marwan, an extremely charismatic member of a rival gang, the 1080s. The young couple is forced to make a brutal choice between gang loyalty and the love they have for one another. An impossible dilemma.

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  • 2016
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    Welcome to Hartmanns

    Welcome to Hartmanns

    6.324 2016 HD

    The Hartmann family is turned upside down when mother Angelika decides to take in the refugee Diallo, against her husband's will. Amidst the typical chaos of our time, hope remains that the family finds its stability, confidence and peace again - just like the whole country.

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  • 2013
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    Men in the City

    Men in the City

    5.372 2013 HD

    Following the love lives of different types of men in Amsterdam.

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  • 2018
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    Third Wedding

    Third Wedding

    5.5 2018 HD

    Martin, a homosexual widower and whimsical of fifty years, sees itself propose to contract a marriage white with a Congolese of twenty years, Tamara. These two beings that everything separates are going to believe in their love against the authorities of migration and to force to pretend.

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  • 2019
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    Sawah

    Sawah

    8.7 2019 HD

    On his way to a DJ Championship in Brussels, a young Egyptian is mistaken for an illegal immigrant and detained in a country he's never heard of before.

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  • 2019
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    Yummy

    Yummy

    6.3 2019 HD

    A young couple travels to a shabby Eastern European hospital for plastic surgery. The young woman wants a breast reduction. Her mother comes along for yet another face-lift. Wandering through an abandoned ward the boyfriend stumbles upon a young woman, gagged and strapped to an operating table; she is the result of an experimental rejuvenation treatment. He frees her, but does not realize he just caused the outbreak of a virus that will change doctors, patients and his mother-in-law into bloodthirsty zombies.

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  • 2020
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    Earth and Blood

    Earth and Blood

    6.131 2020 HD

    A sawmill owner and his teenage daughter become tangled in a deadly feud when a drug dealer stashes stolen cocaine on their remote property.

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  • 2014
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    The Connection

    The Connection

    7.124 2014 HD

    Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan Zampa. Fearless, determined and willing to go the distance, Pierre plunges into an underworld world of insane danger and ruthless criminals.

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