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Félicité

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Félicité is a Congolese singer who desperately needs money after her 14-year-old son Samo suffers a serious accident. She soon finds financial and emotional support from Tabu, one of the regulars in the bar where she performs.
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Félicité depicts a culture and a setting unfamiliar to many viewers, but its themes - and Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu's performance - transcend borders.

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Leah Pickett Chicago Reader The meandering narrative has a lyrical quality consistent with the many musical numbers. Sep 25, 2018 Full Review Scott Marks San Diego Reader Think High Noon set in Kinshasa and backed by a Congolese beat. Rated: 2/5 Jan 19, 2018 Full Review Wendy Ide Observer (UK) This heady trip into downtown Kinshasa is as magnetic, and enigmatic, as its forceful central character. Rated: 4/5 Nov 12, 2017 Full Review Dustin Chang ScreenAnarchy Félicité is not another downbeat film about Africa steeped in miserablist tendencies. Gomis and company don't lose the sight of happiness in the daily lives of its ordinary citizens. Jul 17, 2020 Full Review Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel A Kinshasa-set hybrid of kitchen sink drama and dreamy musical. Rated: 3.5/5 May 8, 2019 Full Review Filipe Freitas Always Good Movies With the newcomer Véro Mputu onboard, Gomis didn't restrain himself from sailing this boat with courage and emotion. Rated: 3/5 Feb 1, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This movie was absolutely horrible. I came in thinking that the movie would be a low budget artsy film with something to say about something. And yet by the time the two hour runtime was over (though it could have been 30 minutes) I walked away with no idea what the film was trying to say. Not only did the film not go anywhere, especially after the first act, but the majority of the film was boring and filled with uninteresting dialogue, one dimensional characters, ok acting, and strange directorial choices that went nowhere. Maybe what the film was trying to say went over my head, but it really didn't, it was just shit. Ignore the critic score and stay away from this film. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie was a ridiculously long and pointless exploration of everything that's wrong with artsy films. It's attempt to make you think was pretentious and uncomfortable. It was two hours and three minutes and it was two hours too long. The plot ends about halfway through the movie and then nothing happens. The last 30-45 minutes was full of shots that made you think "this is the final shot" and then it isn't. By the end, I was almost in tears when a new scene started. Its first forty jumpcuts were fine but the next one-hundred-sixty were awful. I needed it to be over. I would have left if I wasn't getting class credit for it. If you have the chance to see it, decline, for the love of all that is holy in the world, decline. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Naturalistic actors do a lot with so little...ordinary lives and troubles which gesture to the universal problems of life, dreams, and reality. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent Movie. Full of love and determination. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Intense and moving, Felicite, at its heart, is a tribute to a mother's unconditional love. A lounge singer navigates the charged streets of Kinshasha to get the money she needs to help her son after a motorcycle accident. I caught this flick during perhaps the only window it was available in Houston. The foreign-language treasure hit U.S. streaming platforms in late January. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Félicité is a Congolese singer who desperately needs money after her 14-year-old son Samo suffers a serious accident. She soon finds financial and emotional support from Tabu, one of the regulars in the bar where she performs.
Director
Alain Gomis
Producer
Arnaud Dommerc, Oumar Sall, Alain Gomis
Screenwriter
Alain Gomis, Delphine Zingg, Olivier Loustau
Distributor
Strand Releasing
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Lingala
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 27, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 18, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.4K
Runtime
2h 4m
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