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Night of the Kings
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FrenchLa Nuit des rois
Directed byPhilippe Lacôte
Written byPhilippe Lacôte
StarringBakary Koné
Isaka Sawadogo
Steve Tientcheu
CinematographyTobie Marier-Robitaille
Edited byAube Foglia
Music byOlivier Alary
Production
companies
Banshee Films
Wassakara Productions
Peripheria
Yennenga Production
Distributed byNeon (United States) Axia Films (Canada)
Release date
  • September 6, 2020 (2020-09-06) (Venice)[1]
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesFrance
Côte d'Ivoire
Canada
Senegal
LanguagesFrench
Dyula

Night of the Kings (French: La Nuit des rois) is a feature drama/fantasy directed by Philippe Lacôte released in 2020.[2] The film is produced by Delphine Jaquet (Banshee Films, France), Yanick Letourneau (Peripheria, Canada), Ernest Konan (Wassakara Productions, Côte d'Ivoire), and Yoro Mbaye (Yennenga Production, Senegal). It was selected as the Ivorian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards,[3] making the shortlist of fifteen films.[4]. The film is also nominated for Best international film at the Independent Spirit Award 2021[5].

The cast includes Isaka Sawadogo, Steve Tientcheu, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Abdoul Karim Konaté, Laetitia Ky and Denis Lavant.[2]

Announced in 2017 under the working title Zama King,[6] the film premiered at the 77th Venice International Film Festival,[2] with a follow-up screening at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival[7] where it won the TIFF Amplify Voices award.[8] The film was one of two films featured in the Spotlight section of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.[9] It won the Black Film Critics Circle Award for Best International Film[10] as well as the African American Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Film.[11]

Synopsis

A new arrival at Ivory Coast’s infamous MACA prison is quickly anointed the institution’s “Roman”—a griot instructed to tell stories for the population at the command of reigning inmate king, the ailing Blackbeard. Roman must ascertain his place in the prison’s dangerously shifting inmate politics, embrace his inner Scheherazade, and weave a tale that will get them all through the night and stave off impending chaos.[9]

Release

Neon acquired the US rights to the film in September 2020.[12]

Night of the Kings will be released in theaters and in virtual cinemas on February 26, 2021, and on video on demand on March 5, 2021.[13][14]. The film is to be released in Canada on March 12, 2021.[15]

Critical reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes assigns the film a 99% fresh rating based on 72 reviews.[16] Its critical consensus reads, "A restless and riveting fable, Night of Kings sees writer-director Philippe Lacôte in full command of his craft."[16]

Metacritic assigns Night of the Kings an average score of 84 out of 100 based on 19 reviews, indicating "critical acclaim".[17]

It was awarded the Youth Jury Award at the 50th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "La Nuit des rois". Vienna Film Festival. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Goodfellow, Melanie (July 28, 2020). "Memento boards Venice title 'Night Of The Kings' (exclusive)". ScreenDaily. Media Business Insight Limited. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. ^ McNary, Dave (September 9, 2020). "Neon Buys Ivory Coast Awards Contender 'Night of the Kings'". Variety. Archived from the original on September 9, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  4. ^ Davis, Clayton (February 9, 2021). "Oscars Shortlists Announced in Nine Categories". Variety. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations Announced!". January 26, 2021.
  6. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (May 22, 2017). "Philippe Lacôte to shoot 'Zama King' in 2018". ScreenDaily. Media Business Insight Limited. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  7. ^ Ahearn, Victoria (July 30, 2020). "TIFF announces all 50 titles for pandemic-tailored 2020 event". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  8. ^ Gorber, Jason (September 21, 2020). "TIFF announces award winning films for 2020". blogTO. Freshdaily Inc. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "2021 Sundance Film Festival". fpg.festival.sundance.org.
  10. ^ Black Film Critics Circle
  11. ^ "African American Film Critics Association Awards: 'Judas and the Black Messiah' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. March 9, 2021.
  12. ^ McNary, Dave (September 9, 2020). "Neon Buys Ivory Coast Awards Contender 'Night of the Kings'". Variety. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  13. ^ NEON [@neonrated] (January 29, 2021). "Philippe Lacôte's NIGHT OF THE KINGS opens in theaters and select virtual cinemas February 26" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Zuckerman, Esther (January 29, 2021). "The Best Movies at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival". Thrillist. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  15. ^ "Films à venir à Canada". Cinema Clock.
  16. ^ a b "Night of the Kings (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  17. ^ "Night of the Kings Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 8, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Pebbles by Vinothraj P.S. wins the 2021 Tiger Award". iffr.com. February 7, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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