Félicité

Mar 29, 2017

2h 3m

★ 6.8

Overview

Félicité, a strong and proud woman, sings in bars in Kinshasa. She drifts away from reality when her 14-year-old son gets into an accident. In electric Kinshasa, she wanders in a world of music & dreams... until love unexpectedly brings her back to life.

Genres

Music

Drama

Production Companies

Granit Films

Cinekap

Andolfi

Need Productions

Katuh Studio

Fixer Congo

Félicité Trailers

Cast

Félicité

Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu

Samo

Gaetan Claudia

Tabu

Papi Mpaka

Hortense

Nadine Ndebo

Luisant

Elbas Manuana

Diplome

Diplome Amekindra

Main Gauche

Célestin Mokono

Professeur

François Kasonga

Léger

Prince Mbasi

Renard

Ferdinand Minga

Serveuse

Aziza Kengumbe

Cuisinière Nganda

José Lusala

In the fifties, when the future Democratic Republic of Congo was still a Belgian colony, an entire generation of musicians fused traditional African tunes with Afro-Cuban music to create the electrifying Congolese rumba, a style that conquered the entire continent thanks to an infectious rhythm, captivating guitar sounds and smooth vocals.

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