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27 September 2000 (Belgium)
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The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo...
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Belgium
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Military
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Patrice Lumumba
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Assassination
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Congo
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4 wins
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A must see film. Excellent drama with historical backing
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Eriq Ebouaney | ... | Patrice Émery Lumumba | |
| Alex Descas | ... | Joseph Mobutu | |
| Théophile Sowié | ... | Maurice Mpolo (as Théophile Moussa Sowie) | |
| Maka Kotto | ... | Joseph Kasa Vubu | |
| Dieudonné Kabongo | ... | Godefroid Munungo | |
| Pascal N'Zonzi | ... | Moïse Tshombe | |
| André Debaar | ... | Walter J. Ganshof Van der Meersch | |
| Cheik Doukouré | ... | Joseph Okito | |
| Makena Diop | ... | Thomas Kanza (as Oumar Diop Makena) | |
| Mariam Kaba | ... | Pauline Lumumba | |
| Rudi Delhem | ... | Général Emile Janssens | |
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| Francis Adam | ... | Le maître d'hôtel | |
| Alain Bouillé | ... | Le pilote du Dakota | |
| Mata Gabin | ... | Helene Bijou | |
| Edgar Henri Mato | ... | Un ministre | |
| Den Thatcher | ... | Frank Carlucci | |
| Paul Tingay | |||
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Lumumba, retour au Congo (France) (working title)
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Runtime:
115 min | Argentina:120 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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The final script is the result of documentary research. Another source is "Une saison au Congo", a play by Aimé Césaire.
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Patrice Émery Lumumba: [voice over narration] You never knew about that night in Katanga. No one was to know.
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Patrice Émery Lumumba: [voice over narration] You never knew about that night in Katanga. No one was to know.
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This movie is the best movie I have seen in a long time. It is also the best movie seen that uses a drama to tell history, without going to speculation such as with JFK,Nixon or Hoffa. It deftly depicts the clutches that Belgium had on the Congo. It also teases out easily for us the European and American forces that were behind the power the inflict the Congo today. The film was sure to specifically implicate the U.S., rightly so, in the murder of Lumumba. This film could never be made in the U.S. for U.S. film rarely criticizes itself in acts of imperialism and murder. (Save Stone's JFK) It also lets us in on the problems that were present with the inner conflict of the Congo, between Lumumba, Mobutu and Katanga. We can see how precarious countries sit in establishing new governments when their history is one of colonization and those who were the colonizers continue to pull the strings of power and force. The film is excellently shot with Eriq Ebouaney an excellent Lumumba. The cast is great and they really draw you into the feeling of the climate in the Congo during that time.
Again, this is a must see for those who love drama with a correct historical background. See my notes on Quilombo.