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Pièces d'identités

1998

An aging Congolese king travels to Brussels in search of the daughter he sent to be educated in Europe long ago, confronting a bewildering city and hard questions of identity and belonging. A warm, wry comedy about culture and diaspora.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Democratic Republic of the Congo

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