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A Season In The Congo Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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A Season In The Congo

Director: Joe Wright

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor

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September 22, 2013

Plot

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Plot
Patrice Émery Lumumba, a Congolese independence leader, becomes the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo, after he helps win its independence from Belgium in June 1960. Only twelve weeks later, Lumumba's government is deposed in a coup during the Congo Crisis.
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Biography Drama Adaptation Based on Play

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Top Cast

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  • Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Chiwetel Ejiofor

    ... Patrice Lumumba

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Crew Behind the Film

The A Season In The Congo behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Joe Wright last directed Cyrano and The Woman in the Window .

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Joe Wright
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The Young Vic

Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Shooting will take place in Kinshasa.
  • An adaptation of the stage play which was translated by Ralph Manheim and produced at The Young Vic theater in the U.K.

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