Director
Alain Gomis
Cast list
Félicité - Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu
Samo - Gaetan Claudia
Tabu - Papi Mpaka
Hortense - Nadine Ndebo
Credits
Executive Producer Roger Kangudia
Produced by Vanessa Ciszewski, Arnaud Dommerc, Alain Gomis, Anne-Laure Guégan, Oumar Sall, Georges Schoucair, and Géraldine Sprimont
Screenplay by Alain Gomis, Olivier Loustau, and Delphine Zingg
Cinematography by Celine Bozon
Film Editing by Alain Gomis and Fabrice Rouaud
Production Design by Oumar Sall
Synopsis
Felicite, a nightclub singer and working mother, must gather a large sum of money, by any means necessary, to pay for an operation on her son’s leg.
Reviews
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/movies/review-felicite-alain-gomis.html?referrer=google_kp
https://www.avclub.com/festival-fave-felicite-boldly-subverts-screenwriting-ba-1819808629
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/12/felicite-review-musical-magnetic-kinshasa-life-alain-gomis
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/felicite-2017
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/681987