Night of the Kings (2021)
Directed by Philippe Lacôte
A young man is sent to "La Maca," a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates. As tradition goes with the rising of the red moon, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners. Learning what fate awaits him, he begins to narrate the mystical life of the legendary outlaw named "Zama King" and has no choice but to make his story last until dawn.
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What Movies Will It Remind You Of?: It directly references Fernando Mereilles’ classic City of God .
The magical escapism tends to rob any real sense of grittiness, which lends to its mystique, at least in comparison to other prison dramas focused on actual institutions, such as Hector Babenco’s Carandiru (2003), for instance.