“When a young man (first-timer Koné Bakary) is sent to an infamous prison, located in the middle of the Ivorian forest and ruled by its inmates, he is chosen by the boss ‘Blackbeard’ (Steve Tientcheu, BAFTA and Academy-Award nominated LES MISÉRABLES) to take part in a storytelling ritual just as a violent battle for control bubbles to the surface. After discovering the grim fate that awaits him at the end of the night, Roman begins to narrate the mystical life of a legendary outlaw to make his story last until dawn and give himself any chance of survival.”
Night of the Kings, weaves brutal reality and delicate imagination to create a wonderfully tense and sensitive tale, which unfolds in the ‘La Maca’ prison in Ivory Coast, where the skill set of story teller director, Philippe Lacôte come to full fruition.