La nuit de rois

Night of the Kings

2020 92 min. Canada, Ivory Coast, France, Senegal Philippe Lacôte

Panorama

Director
Philippe Lacôte

Screenplay
Philippe Lacôte

Cinematography
Tobie Marier Robitaille

Editing
Aube Foglia

Music
Olivier Alary

Sound
Pierre-Jules Audet, Emmanuel Croset

Producer
Delphine Jaquet, Ernest Konan, Yanick Letorneau, Yoro Mbaye

Production
Banshee Films [fr], Wassakara Productions [ci], Peripheria [ca], Yennenga Production [sn]

Cast
Koné Bakary, Steve Tientcheu, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Issaka Sawadogo, Digbeu Jean Cyrille, Denis Lavant

Synopsis
A young criminal is sent to "La Maca", a prison in the middle of the Ivorian Forest ruled by its prisoners. Violence is growing and he fears for his life. But the Boss, sick and forced to commit suicide, chooses him as a storyteller to the other prisoners. When the moon turns red, he has to invent his own tale until dawn...

Format
DCP, Color

World Sales-Distribution
Flamingo Films

Filmography
2020 LA NUIT DES ROIS / NIGHT OF THE KINGS
2014 RUN
2013 TO REPEL GHOSTS [[SHORT]
2008 CHRONIQUES DE GUERRE EN CÔTE D’IVOIRE /
CHRONICLES OF WAR IN THE IVORY COAST
2002 CAIRO HOURS

Festivals
Venice, Seville, Toronto

Notes
Also on Filmin

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