Viva riva online movie 2011 review
Viva riva online movie 2011 review
VIVA RIVA!" is the tale of Riva (Patscha Bay), a small time operator who has just returned to his hometown of Kinshasa, Congo after a decade away, with a major score: a fortune in hijacked gasoline. Wads of cash in hand and out for a good time, Riva is soon entranced by beautiful nightclub denizen Nora (gorgeous French actress Manie Malone in her screen debut), the kept woman of a local gangster. Into the mix comes an Angolan crime lord relentlessly seeking the return of his stolen shipment of gasoline.
The capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, has run out of gas. The electricity has a tendency to fade in and out, too, but this doesn't stop the rhythms of the city. The dance clubs stay open, boy ruffians sell hot mobile phones, prodigal sons return.
A charismatic young man, Riva, has returned from nearby Angola and he's brought a truck full of stolen gas with him. As he and his mate scheme to look for a buyer (after a quick stop to the local, oddly family values-style bordello) Riva also starts looking for trouble. At an outdoor party, Riva locks eyes with a gorgeous, kept woman with dyed red hair, and much like Pacino and Pfeiffer in Scarface, there's a rival criminal in the way.
What follows ever-expanding game of cat and mouse as the aggrieved truck owner from Angola comes looking for Riva. He enlists the film's most fascinating character, a mildly corrupt but defiant female military commander. The Angolans lord her sister's safety over her to gain access to Riva's whereabouts.
Viva Riva is works as a crime drama (had it been made in the 1990s in America the main Angolan would have been played by Malkovich or Walken) but the film's differentiator is the location. Kinshasa is a place where blinged-out pimps still need to ration gas and deal with brownouts. A gorgeous, desired woman will be out for the evening, and may think nothing of going out back to pee in a bush. The cityscape, at least the one represented here, is one of plastic mugs, busted furniture and faded wallpaper. It is a culture that exists-out-of doors, with hip-hop and afrobeat thumping all night.
VIVA RIVA!" is the tale of Riva (Patscha Bay), a small time operator who has just returned to his hometown of Kinshasa, Congo after a decade away, with a major score: a fortune in hijacked gasoline. Wads of cash in hand and out for a good time, Riva is soon entranced by beautiful nightclub denizen Nora (gorgeous French actress Manie Malone in her screen debut), the kept woman of a local gangster. Into the mix comes an Angolan crime lord relentlessly seeking the return of his stolen shipment of gasoline.
The capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, has run out of gas. The electricity has a tendency to fade in and out, too, but this doesn't stop the rhythms of the city. The dance clubs stay open, boy ruffians sell hot mobile phones, prodigal sons return.
A charismatic young man, Riva, has returned from nearby Angola and he's brought a truck full of stolen gas with him. As he and his mate scheme to look for a buyer (after a quick stop to the local, oddly family values-style bordello) Riva also starts looking for trouble. At an outdoor party, Riva locks eyes with a gorgeous, kept woman with dyed red hair, and much like Pacino and Pfeiffer in Scarface, there's a rival criminal in the way.
What follows ever-expanding game of cat and mouse as the aggrieved truck owner from Angola comes looking for Riva. He enlists the film's most fascinating character, a mildly corrupt but defiant female military commander. The Angolans lord her sister's safety over her to gain access to Riva's whereabouts.
Viva Riva is works as a crime drama (had it been made in the 1990s in America the main Angolan would have been played by Malkovich or Walken) but the film's differentiator is the location. Kinshasa is a place where blinged-out pimps still need to ration gas and deal with brownouts. A gorgeous, desired woman will be out for the evening, and may think nothing of going out back to pee in a bush. The cityscape, at least the one represented here, is one of plastic mugs, busted furniture and faded wallpaper. It is a culture that exists-out-of doors, with hip-hop and afrobeat thumping all night.
Viva Riva makes good use of this richness, the ferocity of its characters and also dazzles the camera with a great number of very sensual lovemaking scenes. This is the first big budget, mainstream movie to come out of the Democratic Republic of Congo and there's a good chance it will be a post-fest arthouse hit.
DR Congo's Viva Riva was voted the best film in Africa at the African Movie Academy Awards which took place in at the Gloryland Centre, Yenogoa Bayelsa State, Nigeria on Sunday.
DR Congo's Viva Riva was voted the best film in Africa at the African Movie Academy Awards which took place in at the Gloryland Centre, Yenogoa Bayelsa State, Nigeria on Sunday.
VIVA RIVA!" is the tale of Riva (Patscha Bay), a small time operator who has just returned to his hometown of Kinshasa, Congo after a decade away, with a major score: a fortune in hijacked gasoline. Wads of cash in hand and out for a good time, Riva is soon entranced by beautiful nightclub denizen Nora (gorgeous French actress Manie Malone in her screen debut), the kept woman of a local gangster. Into the mix comes an Angolan crime lord relentlessly seeking the return of his stolen shipment of gasoline.
The capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, has run out of gas. The electricity has a tendency to fade in and out, too, but this doesn't stop the rhythms of the city. The dance clubs stay open, boy ruffians sell hot mobile phones, prodigal sons return.
A charismatic young man, Riva, has returned from nearby Angola and he's brought a truck full of stolen gas with him. As he and his mate scheme to look for a buyer (after a quick stop to the local, oddly family values-style bordello) Riva also starts looking for trouble. At an outdoor party, Riva locks eyes with a gorgeous, kept woman with dyed red hair, and much like Pacino and Pfeiffer in Scarface, there's a rival criminal in the way.
What follows ever-expanding game of cat and mouse as the aggrieved truck owner from Angola comes looking for Riva. He enlists the film's most fascinating character, a mildly corrupt but defiant female military commander. The Angolans lord her sister's safety over her to gain access to Riva's whereabouts.
Viva Riva is works as a crime drama (had it been made in the 1990s in America the main Angolan would have been played by Malkovich or Walken) but the film's differentiator is the location. Kinshasa is a place where blinged-out pimps still need to ration gas and deal with brownouts. A gorgeous, desired woman will be out for the evening, and may think nothing of going out back to pee in a bush. The cityscape, at least the one represented here, is one of plastic mugs, busted furniture and faded wallpaper. It is a culture that exists-out-of doors, with hip-hop and afrobeat thumping all night.
VIVA RIVA!" is the tale of Riva (Patscha Bay), a small time operator who has just returned to his hometown of Kinshasa, Congo after a decade away, with a major score: a fortune in hijacked gasoline. Wads of cash in hand and out for a good time, Riva is soon entranced by beautiful nightclub denizen Nora (gorgeous French actress Manie Malone in her screen debut), the kept woman of a local gangster. Into the mix comes an Angolan crime lord relentlessly seeking the return of his stolen shipment of gasoline.
The capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, has run out of gas. The electricity has a tendency to fade in and out, too, but this doesn't stop the rhythms of the city. The dance clubs stay open, boy ruffians sell hot mobile phones, prodigal sons return.
A charismatic young man, Riva, has returned from nearby Angola and he's brought a truck full of stolen gas with him. As he and his mate scheme to look for a buyer (after a quick stop to the local, oddly family values-style bordello) Riva also starts looking for trouble. At an outdoor party, Riva locks eyes with a gorgeous, kept woman with dyed red hair, and much like Pacino and Pfeiffer in Scarface, there's a rival criminal in the way.
What follows ever-expanding game of cat and mouse as the aggrieved truck owner from Angola comes looking for Riva. He enlists the film's most fascinating character, a mildly corrupt but defiant female military commander. The Angolans lord her sister's safety over her to gain access to Riva's whereabouts.
Viva Riva is works as a crime drama (had it been made in the 1990s in America the main Angolan would have been played by Malkovich or Walken) but the film's differentiator is the location. Kinshasa is a place where blinged-out pimps still need to ration gas and deal with brownouts. A gorgeous, desired woman will be out for the evening, and may think nothing of going out back to pee in a bush. The cityscape, at least the one represented here, is one of plastic mugs, busted furniture and faded wallpaper. It is a culture that exists-out-of doors, with hip-hop and afrobeat thumping all night.
Viva Riva makes good use of this richness, the ferocity of its characters and also dazzles the camera with a great number of very sensual lovemaking scenes. This is the first big budget, mainstream movie to come out of the Democratic Republic of Congo and there's a good chance it will be a post-fest arthouse hit.
DR Congo's Viva Riva was voted the best film in Africa at the African Movie Academy Awards which took place in at the Gloryland Centre, Yenogoa Bayelsa State, Nigeria on Sunday.
DR Congo's Viva Riva was voted the best film in Africa at the African Movie Academy Awards which took place in at the Gloryland Centre, Yenogoa Bayelsa State, Nigeria on Sunday.
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