1998 · drama · diaspora · identity
Pieces d'identités
Directed by Mwezé Ngangura1h 30m1998
A Congolese king arrives in Brussels in search of his long-lost daughter.
Our read: Pieces d'identités (1998) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive drama · diaspora · identity entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / diaspora, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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