Film shortlisted for Oscar nomination has a Concordia connection
Night of the Kings was co-produced by Yanick Létourneau’s Peripheria production company
April 15, 2021
Yanick Létourneau, BA 96 | Photo: Viven Gaumand
For Yanick Létourneau, BA 96, having a film shortlisted for an Oscar nomination is as fantastic as the tale of the film itself,
La nuit des rois).
“When I read the script, I felt this film had that spark that made it different from anything else,” Létourneau says.
The Ivory Coast movie, directed by Philippe Lacôte, is about a young man who is sent to the notorious Abidjan prison, MACA (Maison d arrêt et de correction d Abidjan), on the eve of the storytelling night of the red moon. He is chosen by an inmate leader to spin a tale for the prison’s power-hungry factions to last the night’s duration or face death.