Félicité
First screened in October 2017
Director: Alain Gomis. Cast: Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu, Papi Mpaka, Gaetan Claudia, Nadine Ndebo, Elbas Manuana, Diplome Amekindra, Célestin Mokono, François Kasonga, Prince Mbasi, Ferdinand Minga, Claudine Lumbu, Médecin Chef Veyi. Screenplay: Alain Gomis, Olivier Loustau, and Delphine Zingg.

Twitter Capsule: Ripe premise for maternal melodrama, complicated by stubbornly opaque heroine. Unusual structure. Vivid Congolese milieu.

VOR:   Tells a textured story about three specific people, a specific community, and a wider set of regional circumstances, without recycling old tropes.



Photo © 2017 Strand Releasing/Andolfi/Granit Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–


Awards:
Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear (Grand Jury Prize)
Chicago International Film Festival: Silver Hugo (Grand Jury Prize)

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