Yopougon – Way Back Home

When the excavator drives in and demolishes his recording studio on Pfingstweidstrasse in Zurich, Swiss hit producer Dodo decides to pack his equipment into a shipping container and travel the world with it. Four years later, the musician is chugging down the Rhine from Basel on a cargo ship, reaching South Africa, Ghana, and finally the Ivory Coast where he spent his childhood. On his journey, he wants to discover new music, write hits, and revisit his earliest memories in Yopougon that still shape him today: eating pineapples on the beach at Vridi, the mango tree in the garden, the unexpected return to Switzerland, his father's early death.

Dodo’s journey "back to the roots" unfolds differently than planned. Dreams burst, memories collide with the reality of the present, the container ship gets stuck halfway, and the project threatens to crash due to disagreements. Big J, Dodo’s companion and co-producer, finds himself wondering more than once: What are we actually doing here—and why?

Cast

Dodo

Dominik Jud

Big J

Marco Jeger

Wiyaala

Wiyaala Wiyaala

Niashun

Ankumah Kwame

Beda Ehrensperger

Beda Ehrensperger

Jimmy James

Jimmy James

Horst Wegener

Horst Wegener