Run (2014)

Directed by

Philippe Lacôte

Genre

drama film

Country

Ivory Coast, France

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is a fictional account of the 2011 post-election crisis in the Ivory Coast that killed 3000 people. It follows a young man caught up in the violent upheaval.

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What happens

Run is a 2014 French-Ivorian drama film directed by Philippe Lacôte. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The fictionalized account of the 2011 post-election upheaval in the Ivory Coast that killed 3000 people was first film from that country selected for Cannes. The film was also selected as the Ivorian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. It received 12 nominations at the 11th Africa Movie Academy Awards but did not win any award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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