Félicité
Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans, goes the old saying – though for the variously stymied characters of Félicité, life hits them when they have no plan at all. A loose, vibrant fourth feature film from Franco-Senegalese director Alain Gomis, FÉLICITÉ likewise builds to a fever of energy and activity while never sketching out more than the bones of a narrative: it’s a film in which a hard-earned smile, the contact between one person’s skin and another’s, or a serene strain of music amid the everyday noise can qualify as a dramatic event. Following a proudly independent club singer through the ragged streets of Kinshasa as she seeks a way to save her hospitalized son, Gomis’ latest is far from the miserablist issue drama that synopsis portends, instead weaving a sensual, sometimes hopeful, sometimes disturbing urban tapestry with threads of image, sound, poetry, and song. (Guy Lodge)
- Véro Tshanda Beya - Félicité
- Gaetan Claudia - Samo
- Papi Mpaka - Tabu
- Alain Gomis
- Céline Bozon
- Benoît de Clerck
- Fabrice Rouaud
- The Kasaï Allstars
- Oumar Sall (le grand)
- Nadine Ostobogo Boucher
- Emma Zola
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