Omen

Omen (2023)

Augure

A story about love, family, and the pursuit of happiness.

After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.

Date of release
2023-11-15
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (34)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Director
Baloji Tshiani

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Sitges Film Festival Best Director award

Omen is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Belgian-Congolese director Baloji. Starring Marc Zinga, Lucie Debay and Eliane Umuhire, it premiered at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section on 23 May 2023, where it won the New Voice Prize.

Production

The head director and screenwriter is the Belgian-Congolese Baloji, also known as the music artist of Starflam, among others. The company Wrong Men produced the film. The production budget was 1 million euros. The film received financial support from the VRT, the RTBF, the Centre du cinéma de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, screen.brussels, the Dutch Audiovisual Fund and the Federal Tax Service, among others.

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