Lumumba (2000)

Lumumba (2000)

2000-05-13 Belgium, France, Germany, Haiti 115 Min. PG-13
6.8 33 votes

Overview

Synopsis by TheFlixtor - The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.

Cast

Ériq Ebouaney is Patrice Émery Lumumba
Patrice Émery Lumumba
Alex Descas is Joseph Mobutu
Joseph Mobutu
Théophile Sowié is Maurice Mpolo
Maurice Mpolo
Maka Kotto is Joseph Kasa Vubu
Joseph Kasa Vubu
Dieudonné Kabongo is Godefroid Munungo
Godefroid Munungo
Pascal N'Zonzi is Moïse Tshombe
Moïse Tshombe
Cheik Doukouré is Joseph Okito
Joseph Okito
Makena Diop is Thomas Kanza
Thomas Kanza
Mariam Kaba is Pauline Lumumba
Pauline Lumumba
Rudi Delhem is Général Emile Janssens
Général Emile Janssens
André Debaar is Walter J. Ganshof Van der Meersch
Walter J. Ganshof Van der Meersch
Francis Adam is Le maître d'hôtel
Le maître d'hôtel