House of the Wind

House of the Wind (2026)

La Maison du vent

Josette (80) lives alone in Yaoundé, Cameroon. All her children have left for the West. She encourages them to build houses in Cameroon, a ploy to bring them back to her. But the unexpected bond she forms with Sarah, a young woman from her neighborhood, shatters everything she has built her life on: her family, her responsibilities, and her hopes.

Date of release
2026-09-04
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Drama
Director
Auguste Kouemo Yanghu

Casting

Interesting facts

House of the Wind is a 2026 drama film written and directed by Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu. A co-production of Cameroon, France, Belgium, Benin, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, inspired by Yanghu's own mother, it follows the eighty-year-old Josette in Yaoundé, after all her children left the country for the West.

Production

Produced by Linda Natacha Kwanya and Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu for Horizons d'Afrique, Arthur Grec for La Mansarde Cinéma, John Engel for Steel Fish Pictures, Faissol Gnonlonfin for Merveilles Production, Red Sea Fund and Doha Film Institute.

Yanghu based the film in his mother's life, who had six children, but lived alone in Cameroon.

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