Lumumba (2000)
Patrice Lumumba, héros de l’indépendance congolaise, n’a pas trente ans lorsque les premiers soubresauts d’une décolonisation bâclée le propulsent sur le devant de la scène politique internationale. De fonctionnaire indigène au bureau de poste de Stanleyville, en passant plusieurs séjours en prison pour vol ou pour incitation au désordre, il deviendra en l’espace de quelques années l’homme le plus vilipendé de cette période intensive de la guerre froide. Période qui a mené le monde au bord d’un conflit mondial. Devenu Premier Ministre de l’un des pays les plus riches d’Afrique, son destin de héros tragique était tout tracé, son assassinat dès lors programmé. Il ne restera que trois mois au pouvoir. Ses assassins n’avaient plus alors qu’à faire disparaître son corps.
Directeur: Raoul Peck
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Ériq Ebouaney as Patrice Émery Lumumba |
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Alex Descas as Joseph Mobutu |
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Théophile Sowié as Maurice Mpolo |
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Maka Kotto as Joseph Kasa Vubu |
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Dieudonné Kabongo as Godefroid Munungo |
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Pascal N'Zonzi as Moïse Tshombe |
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Cheik Doukouré as Joseph Okito |
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Makena Diop as Thomas Kanza |
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Mariam Kaba as Pauline Lumumba |
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Rudi Delhem as Général Emile Janssens |
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André Debaar as Walter J. Ganshof Van der Meersch |
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Francis Adam as Le maître d'hôtel |
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Olivier Bony as Baudoin |
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Alain Bouillé as Le pilote du Dakota |
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Pavel Dobrovsky as Belgian soldier |
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Mata Gabin as Helene Bijou |
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Michael Hofland as Belgian visa officer |
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Edgar Henri Mato as Un ministre |
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Den Thatcher as Frank Carlucci |
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Grace Ndala as Juliana Lumumba |
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Christian Crahay as Van Den Bosch |
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Jean-Pierre Stewart as Timberlake |
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Pierre Geranio as Seulemane |
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Philippe Drecq as Politician |
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Simon Shumba as Attacked Minister |
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Jean-Henri Compère as Prison Director |
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Renaud Rutten as Brussels Journalist |
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Christian Julien as ABAKO Delegate |
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Charles Mucheriwa as Man On Bicycle |
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Taurai Kawara as Baluba Soldier |
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Paul Tingay as Doctor Brower |
| Writing | Dan Edelstein | Writer |
| Production | Sylvie Brocheré | Casting |
| Art | Denis Renault | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charlotte David | Costume Design |
| Directing | Raoul Peck | Director |
| Art | André Fonsny | Art Direction |
| Sound | Dirk Bombey | Sound |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Laforce | Sound |
| Art | Carine Tredgold | Art Direction |
| Production | Diana Elbaum | Associate Producer |
| Production | Philippe Bober | Associate Producer |
| Production | Raoul Peck | Associate Producer |
| Production | Georges Goldenstern | Associate Producer |
| Production | Arlette Zylberberg | Associate Producer |
| Production | Evy Figliolini | Casting |
| Production | Patrick Hella | Casting |
| Production | Simon Shumba | Casting |
| Sound | Pierre Martens | Sound |
| Sound | Marie Guesnier | Sound |
| Sound | Laurent Lévy | Foley |
| Sound | Judith Guittier | Foley |
| Writing | Raoul Peck | Writer |
| Writing | Pascal Bonitzer | Writer |
| Production | Jacques Bidou | Producer |
| Editing | Jacques Comets | Editor |
| Camera | Bernard Lutic | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jean-Claude Petit | Original Music Composer |