nearing the end of his reign, blackbeard declares a new arrival to be roman, whose role it is to tell stories as if his life depended upon it. what follows is a strange and rather wonderful hybrid of tough prison drama and theatrical performance piece with mime, dance, poetry, and oral history intertwinied in a whirling cinematic maelstrom. there s a fable like element that links night of the kings back to the folkloric tales of 1,000 and one nights with roman a modern day scheherazade and to the oral storytelling traditions of west africa. but lacote s cinematic storytelling is all his own, mixing the personal and political in a heady brew that s unlike anything else currently playing in uk cinemas.
that inmate is blackbeard, an ailing godfather figure played by steve tientcheu, who made a lasting impression in the urban drama les miserables. nearing the end of his reign, blackbeard declares a new arrival to be roman, whose role it is to tell stories as if his life depended upon it. what follows is a strange and rather wonderful hybrid of tough prison drama and theatrical performance piece with mime, dance, poetry, and oral history intertwinied in a whirling cinematic maelstrom. there s a fable like element that links night of the kings back to the folkloric tales of 1,000 and one nights with roman a modern day scheherazade and to the oral storytelling traditions of west africa. but lacote s cinematic storytelling is all his own, mixing the personal and political in a heady brew that s unlike anything else currently playing in uk cinemas.
in a whirling cinematic maelstrom. there s a fable like element that links night of the kings back to the folkloric tales of 1,000 and one nights with roman a modern day scheherazade and to the oral storytelling traditions of west africa. but lacote s cinematic storytelling is all his own, mixing the personal and political in a heady brew that s unlike anything else currently playing in uk cinemas. i ll leave you with news of the french comedy drama bye bye morons, which picked up a whopping seven awards, including best film at the 46th cesars earlier this year. virginie efira is suze trappet, a woman with little time searching for the child she gave up for adoption. writer director albert dupontel
played by steve tientcheu, who made a lasting impression in the urban drama les miserables. nearing the end of his reign, blackbeard declares a new arrival to be roman, whose role it is to tell stories as if his life depended upon it. what follows is a strange and rather wonderful hybrid of tough prison drama and theatrical performance piece with mime, dance, poetry, and oral history intertwinied in a whirling cinematic maelstrom. there s a fable like element that links night of the kings back to the folkloric tales of 1,000 and one nights with roman a modern day scheherazade and to the oral storytelling traditions of west africa. but lacote s cinematic storytelling is all his own, mixing the personal and political in a heady brew that s unlike anything else currently playing in uk cinemas.
links night of the kings back to the folkloric tales of 1,001 nights with roman a modern day scheherazade and to the oral storytelling traditions of west africa. but lacote s cinematic storytelling is all his own, mixing the personal and political in a heady brew that s unlike anything else currently playing in uk cinemas. i ll leave you with news of the french comedy drama bye bye morons, which picked up a whopping seven awards, including best film at the 46th cesars earlier this year. virginie efira is suze trappet, a woman with little time searching for the child she gave up for adoption. writer director albert dupontel plays the snubbed it operative whose botched suicide attempt misfires with spectacular results. and nicolas marie is the blind archivist who winds up helping