FÉLICITÉ

Credits

Name: FÉLICITÉ

Country: Frankreich, Belgien, Senegal, Deutschland, Libanon

Year of publication: 2017

Format: DCP

Color: color

Language : OF m. dt. UT

Duration: 123 Minuten

Direction: Gomis, Alain

Screenplay: Gomis, Alain

Camera: Bozon, Céline

Editing: Rouaud, Fabrice

Actor: Tshanda Beya Mputu, Véro; Claudia, Gaetan; Mpaka, Papi; Ndebo, Nadine; Manuana, Elbas

Abstract

"FÉLICITÉ is a proud and independent woman who works as a singer in a bar in Kinshasa. Whenever she goes on stage, she appears to leave the world and her everyday worries behind. Her audiences are quickly infected by the rhythm of her music and her powerful, melancholy melodies. But then one day Félicité’s son has a terrible accident. Whilst he is in hospital she desperately tries to raise the money needed for his operation. A breathless tour through the impoverished streets and the wealthier districts of the Congolese capital ensues. One of the bar’s regulars is a man named Tabu who has been known to get carried away in every sense of the term. Tabu offers to help Félicité. Reluctantly, she accepts… Félicité’s sparsely furnished flat with its permanently defunct fridge becomes a mini utopia in a country that holds no hope for most of its population." (Berlinale programme 2017)