Reel view: The kids aren't all right

Felicite is about the eponymous lead character in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa

J Jagannath 

J Jagannath Movies with kids are usually the kind of sentimental garbage I wouldn’t wilfully subject myself to, but three recent ones changed my mind. Félicité is about the eponymous lead character in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, who does everything in her might to stump up the one million Congolese francs (Rs 40,000) required to stop her injured son’s leg from getting amputated. French-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis’ fourth feature film, which won the prestigious Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, is super gritty and ...

First Published: Fri, November 10 2017. 21:41 IST