French drama wins grand prize at Fespaco

Félicité, a French drama that depicts the life a nightclub singer in Kinshasa, won the grand prize at the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco) on March 4, 2017. PHOTO|FILE

Félicité, a French drama that depicts the life a nightclub singer in Kinshasa, won the grand prize at the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco).

Written and directed by Senegalese-French filmmaker Alain Gomis and released early this year, the film won the Étalon de Yennenga (Golden Yennenga Stallion) on March 4 at the 25th edition of Fespaco held in Ouagadougou.