Félicité (2017)

Directed by

Alain Gomis

Genre

drama film

Country

Lebanon, Senegal, Germany, France

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A single mother in Kinshasa works as a bar singer to support her son. When the boy has a motorcycle accident and needs an operation, she desperately tries to find the money for his surgery.

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What happens

Félicité is a 2017 Senegalese drama film set in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and directed by Alain Gomis. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, the film won the Jury Grand Prix award. At the 2017 Africa Movie Academy Awards, it won six awards which is the highest for a film in the history of the award ceremony, including categories for best film, best actress, best supporting actor, best editing, best soundtrack and best film in an African language. It was selected as the Senegalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist. It was the first time Senegal had sent a film for consideration for the Best Foreign Language film. It also won the 2017 Film Award of the Council of Europe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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