La Nuit des rois
Six years after his 2014 debut Run, Ivory Coast director Philippe Lacôte returns with sophomore feature La Nuit des rois (Night of the Kings and originally announced as Zama King). Reuniting with Isaach de Bankole and Abdoul Bah, both who appeared in his first film, the project is produced by Ernest Konan through Wassakara Productions and co-produced by Delphine Jacquet of Banshee Film. Lacôte’s debut played in Un Certain Regard at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Gist: Set in Abidjan’s MACA prison, the aging Black Beard, in attempt to maintain control over his fellow inmates, resorts to a “story” ritual, wherein one prisoner is forced, Scheherazade-style, to tell stories for an entire night. The young pickpocket he chooses relays the haunting tale of the Zama King.
Release Date/Prediction: Lacôte began filming in September and is in post-production on La Nuit des rois and we anticipate a return to Un Certain Regard in Cannes 2020.
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