Yes, very. More sad than 96% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Lumumba easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Lumumba end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Lumumba

Name: Lumumba
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2000
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Ériq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto, Dieudonné Kabongo

Directed by Raoul Peck

Produced by JBA Production, RTBF

2000115 min6.8 / 10

A historically grounded, intellectually rigorous account of a visionary leader's tragic rise and orchestrated fall, told with moral clarity and deep melancholy.

The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.

Clusters

Trapped by Fate, Undone by History Consequences Of Wrongdoing Trapped Heroes Fighting Back Soldiers Facing Wartime Hardship Middle East and Africa

Genres

Drama History

Keywords

Congo Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Questions people ask

Is Lumumba sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.
Is Lumumba scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Is Lumumba violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Is Lumumba easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Does Lumumba end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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