Congolese-Belgian rapper, actor, and filmmaker Balojis first feature, Omen, elevates a dizzying storytelling full of magical realism, chromatic punch, rituals, and cultural superimpositions.
After spending years in Belgium Koffi (Marc Zinga) a young Congolese man, returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront his family and homeland culture. Secrecy and sorcery erupt when a nosebleed is mistaken for a curse, and Koffi is shunned from his family.
Musician and film-maker Baloji’s complex story about a Belgian-Congolese man who brings his white wife home to DRC to meet the family is bold and tonally elusive
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