Night of the Kings

Night of the Kings (French: La Nuit des rois) is a drama film, directed by Philippe Lacôte and released in 2020.[2] The film is a coproduction of companies from France, Côte d'Ivoire, Canada and Senegal. It was selected as the Ivorian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.[3]

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

The film's cast also 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,[4] the film premiered at the 77th Venice International Film Festival,[2] with a follow-up screening at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[5] AT TIFF, it was named a winner of the Amplify Voices award.[6]

Synopsis

A young pickpocket (Bakary Koné) is sent to the MACA prison in Abidjan. To survive, he will have to compel the other prisoners with his storytelling.[2]

Release

Neon acquired the US rights to the film in September 2020.[7]

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.[8][9]

Critical reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes assigns the film a 98% fresh rating based on 41 critics, with an average rating of 7.60/10. Its critical consensus reads, "A restless and riveting fable, Night of Kings sees writer-director Philippe Lacôte in full command of his craft."[10]

Metacritic assigns Night of the Kings an average score of 83 out of 100 based on 11 critics, indicating "critical acclaim".[11]

See also

References
  1. "La Nuit des rois". Vienna Film Festival. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  2. 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. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. McNary, Dave (September 9, 2020). "Neon Buys Ivory Coast Awards Contender 'Night of the Kings'". Variety. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. "Night of the Kings (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  11. "Night of the Kings Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved January 30, 2021.


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