Night of the Kings (French: La Nuit des rois) is a 2020 fantasy drama film written and directed by Philippe Lacôte.

[5] The cast includes Koné Bakary, Isaka Sawadogo, Steve Tientcheu, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Abdoul Karim Konaté, Laetitia Ky, Nubel Feliz Yan and Denis Lavant.

Hoping to postpone his death by appeasing the prisoners, Blackbeard says he will name a new Roman, a griot instructed to tell stories for the population during the upcoming red moon.

A new prisoner, a thief and member of the "Microbe" gang, arrives at MACA and is assigned to Blackbeard’s cell block.

Once the red moon rises, the prisoners gather around Roman to hear, and occasionally act out portions of, his story.

Roman continues his story: After failing to lead the queen to victory in a war against her brother, Soni disguises himself and flees with Zama, settling in the Lawless Quarter slum of Abidjan.

Realizing that morning has not yet come, Roman claims that the story has a twist ending, and attempts to explain that Zama was a foundling.

[17] Its critical consensus reads, "A restless and riveting fable, Night of Kings sees writer-director Philippe Lacôte in full command of his craft.