Entertainment
1 month, 2 weeks
Night of the Kings, written and directed by Philippe Lacôte, follows an unnamed protagonist (Koné Bakary) into Ivory Coast’s infamous MACA prison where he’s anointed the institutions “Roman” by the reigning inmate king, Blackbeard (Steve Tientcheu). Now, it’s up to him to tell a story because his life quite literally depends on it. With the help of some brilliant cinematography by Tobie Marier-Robitaille, editing by Aube Foglia, and production design by Samuel Teisseire, Lacôte highlights the power of storytelling and how necessary it is for us to harness it in order to infuse magic into the otherwise mundane finiteness of it all.