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A prisoner becomes a storyteller in Night Of The Kings, Ivory Coast's vivid International Feature Oscar shortlist selection written and directed by Philippe Lacôte (Run). Newcomer Bakary Koné stars as a pickpocket who arrives at La MACA, a notorious prison in the Ivorian forest. The guards barely have control, and the…

UPDATED with video: Director Philippe Lacôte is back as the representative from Ivory Coast for the International Feature Film Oscar with Night of the Kings, a story about storytelling. It's set in the notorious La Maca prison in Abidjan where prisoners rule the roost. As a red moon rises, a new inmate, designated…

Neon said Wednesday that it has acquired U.S. rights to writer-director Philippe Lacôte's Night of the Kings, a deal that comes after the pic premiered earlier this week in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival. The drama, which has been selected as Ivory Coast’s submission for this year's Academy Awards…