Félicité (2017 film)

Félicité is a 2017 Senegalese drama film set in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and directed by Alain Gomis.

[3] It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.

[6][7][8] It was selected as the Senegalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards,[9] making the December shortlist.

[12] The film tells the story of how a bar entertainer struggles to get funds after her child is hospitalized.

The website's critical consensus states: "Félicité depicts a culture and a setting unfamiliar to many viewers, but its themes - and Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu's performance - transcend borders".