A Congo native returns to his homeland, facing terror, trauma, and the ties that bind him to his past and present kin. This hauntingly oblique film explores the impact of superstitions and ancient beliefs that both divide and unite.
Superstitions and the suffering they breed conspire to plague a Congo native who returns to his homeland in, director Baloji’s hauntingly oblique feature debut of terror, trauma, and the ties that bind us to our past and present kin.
Koffi lives in Europe with his white French fiancée Alice , who’s pregnant with twins, and the initial sight of his Afro being shaved down the middle speaks to his divided nature. Though residing in Europe, Koffi is planning to travel back to the Congo to offer a marriage dowry to his parents, who he fears will disapprove of his and Alice’s union on both racial and cultural grounds.
After cleaning themselves up, Koffi and Alice attend a picnic gathering arranged by his mother Mama Mujila , who refuses to speak to him. Everyone else is similarly nasty, be it a man who greets him with “You could have done your hair” or a trio of women whose smiles exude a mixture of condescension and disgust.
All of this takes place on and around Easter, and as Koffi searches in vain for his father, who never seems to be at the mine, death, and disconnection become omnipresent. In the aftermath of having his school bus home towed by a rival gang whom he and his mates have to flee, Paco collapses on the ground in convulsions that directly echo an earlier Koffi seizure.
Superstitions Suffering Congo Native Homeland Terror Trauma Ties Past Present Kin Film Hallucinatory Ambiguous Beliefs Rituals
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