Director
Philippe Lacôte
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Philippe Lacôte is an Ivorian film director. He is most noted for his 2014 film Run, which was a Lumière Award nominee for Best French-Language Film at the 20th Lumière Awards, and his 2020 film Night of the Kings (La Nuit des rois), which won the Amplify Voices Award at the... Read full bio →
La nuit des rois
Philippe Lacôte
2020
1h 33m
A young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.
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