“As dusk fades and another night without electricity falls, Kinshasa's neighbourhoods reveal an unstable environment of violence, political conflict and uncertainty over the building of the Grand Inga 3 hydroelectric dam, which promises one day to bring a permanent source of energy to the Congo.”- official synopsis
Ultra-widescreen film gives us the images of a darkened neighborhood in the Congo. Told in a style that often is a triptych the film puts us into the darkened homes and streets of a neighborhood where electricity isn’t available.
This is a film you have to be patient with. While the three screens seems to be a showy ploy it quickly fades, especially if you can see this on a large screen into something compelling. Instead of keeping us outside the action it strangely pulls us in with many of the images of triple images making us truly feel like we are there.
A wonderful atypical look at the world.
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