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Of the three Ivory Coast submissions for the foreign language film Oscar over the years, two have been by the writer-director Philippe Lacôte: 2014âs
Run, which was widely regarded as heralding an Ivorian film-making renaissance, and
Night of the Kings (2020), one of 15 films shortlisted for the renamed best international feature award. A shapeshifting tale of incarceration and emancipation, it may have missed out on an Oscar nomination, yet its vivid, genre-fluid investigation of the alchemical art of storytelling definitely hits the mark.
In a remote clearing on the edge of Abidjanâs Banco forest stands the notorious Maison dâarrêt et de correction dâAbdijan â La Maca â an institution described by one of its keepers as âthe only prison in the world run by an inmateâ. A commanding aerial shot highlights the prisonâs isolation, a brutal structure hidden by dense vegetation. Captions introduce us to â�
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Night of The Kings is an inventive, hard-hitting prison drama
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A Pure Place wins the German Cinema New Talent Award for Best Director at the Filmfest München
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A Pure Place wins the German Cinema New Talent Award for Best Director at the Filmfest München
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