Run (Philippe Lacôte France, 2014)

A young man goes on the run after assassinating a politician, but finds he cannot out-distance his own past in this picaresque coming-of-age tale, a strong example of the rising Ivory Coast filmmaking scene and the first Ivorian feature screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Lacôte, who produced 2012’s thriller Burn It Up Djassa, polishes that film’s blend of Hollywood propulsion and Ivorian political critique, to create a landscape of simultaneous danger and wonder filled with mystic rainmakers, voluptuous competitive eaters, and blood-thirsty mercenaries. Veteran actor Isaach De Bankolé (Night on Earth, White Material) provides star presence as a political activist.

Part of the African Film Festival 2016 at the BAM/PFA.

Free gallery admission with same-day film ticket!