This story about Koné Bakary and “Night of the Kings” first appeared in the International Films Issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Philippe Lacôte’s prison drama “Night of the Kings,” the Ivory Coast’s entry in this year’s Oscar race for Best International Feature Film, stars a lot of actors who are known in international cinema circles. Among them are Steve Tientcheu from the Oscar-nominated French film “Les Misérables” as the inmate boss of a brutal concrete prison, and “Holy Motors” star Denis Lavant in a feral and deranged performance as the sole white convict.
But in many ways, the central role in the stylish and harrowing drama is the “Roman,” a young prisoner who is chosen on the night of a blood moon to tell a story until the dawn. And for the role of the Roman — that’s a title, not a name — Lacôte chose Koné Bakary,...
Philippe Lacôte’s prison drama “Night of the Kings,” the Ivory Coast’s entry in this year’s Oscar race for Best International Feature Film, stars a lot of actors who are known in international cinema circles. Among them are Steve Tientcheu from the Oscar-nominated French film “Les Misérables” as the inmate boss of a brutal concrete prison, and “Holy Motors” star Denis Lavant in a feral and deranged performance as the sole white convict.
But in many ways, the central role in the stylish and harrowing drama is the “Roman,” a young prisoner who is chosen on the night of a blood moon to tell a story until the dawn. And for the role of the Roman — that’s a title, not a name — Lacôte chose Koné Bakary,...
- 1/15/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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