Lumumba, return of a hero
2023, French. Directed by Dieudo Hamadi & Benoît Feyt & Quentin Noirfalisse.
61 years after his assassination, Patrice Lumumba returns to his country. "Congo returns to Congo" as one of his children said. Lumumba was a nationalist leader who intended to use his country's enormous wealth for the benefit of his people. He became the first Prime Minister in the history of Congo on June 30, 1960, when the country gained its independence after 80 years of Belgian colonial rule. Seven months later, he was assassinated in Katanga province with two of his best political allies: Joseph Okito and Maurice Mpolo. Their bodies were dissolved in sulfuric acid and only one of Patrice Lumumba's teeth remained. This "relic" was taken from Lumumba's corpse and kept in secret by a police commissioner until his death in 2000. The assassination of the nationalist and anti-colonialist leader was followed by the advent of the dictator Mobutu, who was able to remain in place until 1997, thanks to Western support.
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- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Dieudo HamadiDirector
- Benoît FeytDirector
- Quentin NoirfalisseDirector
- Patrice LumumbaSelf
- Babetida SadjoCommentary
- Tshondo Ngoy EliasSelf
- Jacques BrassineSelf
- Juliana LumumbaSelf
- Roland LumumbaSelf
- Francis LumumbaSelf
- Maurice MpoloSelf
- Isidore Ndaywel è NziemSelf
- Ludo De WitteSelf
- Stephen DavignonSelf
- Aliou BaldéSelf
Details
- Released
- 24 September 2023
- Original title
- Lumumba, le retour d'un héros
- Country
- Belgium
- Written by
- Quentin Noirfalisse, Dieudo Hamadi, Benoît Feyt
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Lumumba, return of a hero (2023) was directed by Dieudo Hamadi and Benoît Feyt and Quentin Noirfalisse and stars Patrice Lumumba, Babetida Sadjo, Tshondo Ngoy Elias.