Félicité (Vero Tshanda Beya) is a proud, free-willed woman working as a singer in a bar in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Her life is thrown into turmoil when her 14-year old son falls victim to an accident. To save him, she sets out on a breakneck race through the streets of electric Kinshasa - a world of music and dreams where she’ll cross paths with Tabu…
Directed by Alain Gomis, ‘Félicité’ won the Berlinale 2017 Jury Grand Prix award, and was selected as the Senegalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.
★★★★ "Rough, fighting charm" - Nigel Andrews, Financial Times
★★★★ “A powerful depiction of life, love and loss in the city of Kinshasa” - Little White Lies
12
129 minutes
2017
Drama
France
French, Lingala
English
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