The best crime sagas are stories sparked by the thrill of shortsighted dreams that ultimately lead to a violent, messy end. Congolese writer-producer-director Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s feature debut “Viva ...
Congolese crime film takes six awards, including best film, best director. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief COLOGNE, Germany – Djo Tunda Wa Munga‘s Viva Riva!, a crime thriller set among ...
Drama. R. 1 hour, 35 minutes. In Lingala and French with English subtitles. At the Esquire. “Viva Riva!” is a fast-moving Congolese crime thriller loaded with graphic sex and violence — basically, an ...
FILM REVIEW: Bold crime film is vicious, sexy and throbbingly realistic. By Maggie Lee Patsha Bay Mukuna plays the title character, a Congolese gangster with a soft side. A crime thriller about a ...
"Viva Riva!" is a fast-moving Congolese crime thriller loaded with graphic sex and violence - basically an exploitation picture. But it's hard to surrender to the gritty flow because the story is ...
Music Box Films has debuted an official red band trailer (as in NSFW so watch out) for a film called Viva Riva!, which has been making waves on the indie circuit, including winning six African Movie ...
Film geeks used to fantasize about a hillbilly "Pulp Fiction," but now that "Winter's Bone" has fulfilled that function, they can turn their attention to the next item on their cross-cultural wish ...
With its nonstop violence and nearly nonstop sex, “Viva Riva!” is a gangster movie with a difference: its African pedigree. “Riva!” is set in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital city ...
A blast from start to finish, writer-director Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s “Viva Riva!” marks the Congo as an African filmmaking center to watch. Reveling in genre codes and reminiscent of Tony Scott’s mix of ...
The best crime sagas are stories sparked by the thrill of shortsighted dreams that ultimately lead to a violent, messy end. Congolese writer-producer-director Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s feature debut “Viva ...
Director Djo Tunda Wo Munga’s Viva Riva is a sweaty, earthy, blistering new crime drama shot and set in the Congo. And while it doesn’t offer anything new narratively, the rogues gallery of gangsters ...
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