Félicité
Competition 2017
FRA/SEN/BEL/DEU/LBN 2017
by: Alain Gomis
Véro Tshanda Beya
Félicité
Competition 2017
FRA/SEN/BEL/DEU/LBN 2017
by: Alain Gomis
Véro Tshanda Beya
Félicité
Competition 2017
FRA/SEN/BEL/DEU/LBN 2017
by: Alain Gomis
Gaetan Claudia
Félicité
Competition 2017
FRA/SEN/BEL/DEU/LBN 2017
by: Alain Gomis
Véro Tshanda Beya
Félicité
Competition 2017
FRA/SEN/BEL/DEU/LBN 2017
by: Alain Gomis
Véro Tshanda Beya, Papi Mpaka
Félicité
Competition 2017
FRA/SEN/BEL/DEU/LBN 2017
by: Alain Gomis
Alain Gomis
Feb 11, 2017Gaetan Claudia
The actor before the premiere.
Competition – Félicité
Feb 11, 2017Gaetan Claudia, Papi Mpaka, Véro Tshanda Beya, Alain Gomis
The cast with the director at the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Félicité
Feb 11, 2017Fans
Competition – Félicité – Festival Impressions
Feb 11, 2017Véro Tshanda Beya
The leading actress before the premiere.
Competition – Félicité
Feb 11, 2017Véro Tshanda Beya
The leading actress on the Red Carpet.
Competition – Félicité
Feb 11, 2017Véro Tshanda Beya
The leading actress signing her Star Portrait.
Competition – Félicité
Feb 11, 2017Véro Tshanda Beya
The leading actress at the Berlinale VIP Club.
Competition – Félicité
Feb 11, 2017Dieter Kosslick, Alain Gomis
The Festival Director with the director of the film.
Competition – Félicité
Feb 11, 2017Alain Gomis, Maguéye Kasse, Gaetan Claudia, Papi Mpaka, Véro Tshanda Beya
The film team at the Berlinale VIP Club.
Competition – Félicité
Feb 11, 2017Alain Gomis
The director before the premiere.
Competition – Félicité
Feb 18, 2017Alain Gomis
The director who's film won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.
Competition – Félicité – Silver Bear
Feb 18, 2017Alain Gomis, Olafur Eliasson
The director and the jury member.
Competition – Félicité – Silver Bear
Feb 18, 2017Alain Gomis
The director and his team.
Competition – Félicité – Silver Bear
Gaetan Claudia (Actor), Papi Mpaka (Actor), Alain Gomis (Director, Screenwriter), Véro Tshanda Beya (Actress), Arnaud Dommerc (Producer), Oumar Sall (Producer), Moderation: Vincenzo Bugno
Press Conference at full lengthFélicité is a proud and independent woman who works as a singer in a bar in Kinshasa. Whenever she goes on stage, she appears to leave the world and her everyday worries behind. Her audiences are quickly infected by the rhythm of her music and her powerful, melancholy melodies. But then one day Félicité’s son has a terrible accident. Whilst he is in hospital she desperately tries to raise the money needed for his operation. A breathless tour through the impoverished streets and the wealthier districts of the Congolese capital ensues. One of the bar’s regulars is a man named Tabu who has been known to get carried away in every sense of the term. Tabu offers to help Félicité. Reluctantly, she accepts. After his spell in hospital, Félicité’s son has a hard time picking up his old life, but it is lady’s man Tabu of all people who manages to coax him out of his shell. Félicité’s sparsely furnished flat with its permanently defunct fridge becomes a mini utopia in a country that holds no hope for most of its population. The trio forms an eccentric community thrown together by fate, each of whom is free to go their separate ways together.
by
Alain Gomis
France / Senegal / Belgium / Germany / Lebanon 2017
Lingala
123’ · Colour
Véro Tshanda Beya (Félicité)Gaetan Claudia (Samo)Papi Mpaka (Tabu)
Born in 1972 in Paris, France. He studied art history and film. After making videos and short films, his first feature film L’afrance (2002) won the Silver Leopard at Locarno. His last film Félicité was shown at the Competition section of the 2017 Berlinale.
Filmography1996 Caramels et chocolats; 12 min. 1998 Tout le monde peut se tromper; 8 min. 1999 Tourbillons (Whirlwinds); 13 min. 2002 L’afrance (As a Man); 90 min. 2003 Petite lumière (Little Light); 15 min. 2006 Ahmed; 15 min. 2008 Andalucia; 90 min. 2012 Aujourd'hui (Today); 86 min. 2017 Félicité; 129 min. 2022 Rewind & Play; 65 min.
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2022
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