With: Véro Tshanda Beya, Papi Mpaka, Gaetan Claudia
Félicité is a proud, free-willed woman working as a singer in a bar in Kinshasa. 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…
Festivals & Awards
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize – Berlinale 2017
Golden Stallion – FESPACO 2017
New York Film Festival 2017
BFI IFF
Press
A loose, vibrant fourth feature film from Franco-Senegalese director Alain Gomis, Félicité likewise builds to a fever of energy and activity.
Guy Lodge, VARIETY
Loosely scripted, intensely performed and loaded with energy.
Jordan Mintzer, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
A quietly resonant slice of new African Cinema.
Lee Marshall, SCREENDAILY
Mr Gomis’s cinematic style is spectacularly multifaceted
Glenn Kenny, THE NEW YORK TIMES
