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OMEN<\/h2>\n

| 2024 – 114′ – Drama, Fantasy, Horror.
\nBelgium – France -The Netherlands – Democratic Republic of the Congo – South Africa – Germany Co-production.
\nWritten by:\u00a0Baloji,\u00a0Thomas Van Zuylen.
\nDirected by:\u00a0Baloji.
\nStarring:\u00a0Marc Zinga,\u00a0Yves-Marina Gnahoua,\u00a0Marcel Otete Kabeya, Eliane Umuhire, Lucie Debay, Denis Mpunga,\u00a0Bongeziwe Mabandla, Guetty Lembe.
\nOfficial Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2023 (Un Certain Regard Selection). Official Belgium Entry Academy Awards 2024.
\nIn\u00a0Swahili, French, Lingal\u00e0\u00a0<\/strong>with English subtitles.
\nA Utopia\u00a0 release. |<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After spending years in Belgium, Koffi (Marc Zinga), a young Congolese man, returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront his family and homeland culture. Secrecy and sorcery erupt when a nosebleed is mistaken for a curse, and Koffi is shunned from his family. Using magical realism to paint a portrait of “undesirables” and “sorcerers,” OMEN delves into the intricacies of identity, culture, and belief systems through a deeply rich and visually captivating lens.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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