Viva Riva!

2010 [FRENCH]

Crime / Drama / Thriller

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 87% · 60 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 50% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 1261 1.3K

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Plot summary

Riva is 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 night club denizen Nora, the kept woman of a local gangster.

Director

Djo Munga Photo
Djo Munga

Top cast

Hoji Fortuna Photo
Hoji Fortuna as César
Tomas Bie Photo
Tomas Bie as Jorge
Papy Ngenzo Photo
Papy Ngenzo as Chauffeur d'Azor #2
Jovial Mbenga Photo
Jovial Mbenga as Garde #2 d'Azor
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901.43 MB
1280*690
Lingala 2.0
NR
us  
24 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 1
1.81 GB
1920*1036
Lingala 5.1
NR
us  
24 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by alexandros-15 7 / 10

A good African pulp fiction movie

Reviewed by man_out_of_time 6 / 10

A praiseworthy sign for the future of African cinema?

Reviewed by rubenm 7 / 10

Gangster movie, African style

Criminals fighting over stolen loot, double-crossing each other and paying off corrupt law-enforcers. Lots of shoot-outs and fist-fights. Beautiful women and tough guys. The occasional sex scene. A plot that twists and turns. Sounds like your average Hollywood gangster flick. But this is not Hollywood, but Kinshasa. The loot is not cocaine, but petrol. The location is not downtown LA or the Bronx, but a Congolese slum. The foreign gang leader is not Mexican, but Angolan. The hero doesn't drive a flashy car, but a battered wreck with 'auto école' written on it. Viva Riva is an unusual combination: a classic gangster movie, set in one of the poorest countries in the world. The result is an interesting film, that can appeal to thriller-fans and to art-house movie lovers. The movie has nothing of a classic third world film. Poverty or inequality is not an issue. It's all about fast-paced action. At the same time, it's very authentic. The language is Lingala, the slums are real, the music is Congolese. No artificial ingredients to please a western public. The plot has a lot of noir-elements. The femme fatale, leading the hero to his downfall; a labyrinthine plot, with no-one trusting no-one; and the seedy bars and brothels where a lot of the action takes place.
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