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Viva Riva!

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Djo Tunda Wa Munga

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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. Into the mix comes an Angolan crime lord relentlessly seeking the return of his stolen shipment of gasoline. Director Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s Kinshasa is a seductively vibrant, lawless, fuel-starved sprawl of shantytowns, gated villas, bordellos and nightclubs and Riva is its perfect embodiment.

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85%
  • Reviews Counted: 54
  • Fresh: 46
  • Rotten: 8
  • Average Rating: 6.7/10

Top Critics' Reviews

Fresh: The Congolese writer and director Djo Tunda Wa Munga gives Viva Riva! a playful sensuality that goes a long way toward disguising formula. – Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, Jun 9, 2011

Fresh: 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. – Robert Koehler, Variety, Jun 2, 2011

Fresh: A nastily effective, sociologically pungent genre piece... – Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, Jun 9, 2011

Rotten: Too lazily indulges in shapeless genre excess. – Melissa Anderson, Village Voice, Jun 7, 2011

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Customer Reviews

Can't wait.

The newest on the movie scene is out of Africa it from the Congo. So many good movies that just are not getting the international attention that they deserve. Nice to see some fresh ideals from newer and less know markets like Nigeria,The Congo, Korea and Brazil. All film markets that have made a outstanding transitions on the learning curve of fresh Ideals that folks want to see.

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Viva Riva!
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  • $14.99
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Released: 2011
  • © Southport Music Box Corporation d/b/a Music Box Films 2011

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