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Omen

Summary 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.

Directed By: Baloji

Written By: Thomas van Zuylen, Baloji

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Omen

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary 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.

Directed By: Baloji

Written By: Thomas van Zuylen, Baloji

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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83
Apr 12, 2024
The director’s gift for unpacking the way notions of witchcraft can function as fig leaves for trauma, combined with his obvious eye for costumes, lighting, and framing, make for a visually striking, deeply compassionate, and memorable debut.
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80
Apr 12, 2024
Makes up for any narrative patchiness with a bevy of unforgettable images and an attendant sense of ancient beliefs and rituals that divide as much as they unite.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 12, 2024
One could say this is the true definition of a promising debut and a subject that the film doesn’t necessarily close the book on once it ends. Baloji Tshiani could explore these ideas even more in further films.
By Ethan Vestby FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 12, 2024
At a fleet 91 minutes, Omen could stand a little more character-building. But the larger atmospheric payoff lingers; the film first gets under the skin, then sits in the skeleton like a trapped, restive spirit.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 12, 2024
Baloji has constructed four fascinating characters, played persuasively by these performers, but trying to figure out where their arcs overlap, even faintly, too often distracts from the beauty before us.
By Lovia Gyarkye FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 12, 2024
The patchwork structure of Omen is suited to the complexity a setting where characters switch between French, Swahili, and English depending on who they want to keep in the dark. Yet it’s difficult to shake that there are too many threads for a film of this length to do them justice.
By William Repass FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 11, 2024
The film’s frenetic world-building eventually becomes numbing, in part because the uneven human dramas — each one offers a vague message about marginalization — lose momentum in all the commotion.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Wrong Men North, New Amsterdam Film Company, Tosala Films, Special Touch Studios, RadicalMedia, Big World Cinema, Serendipity films, BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), Proximus, VOO, BE TV, VRT / Canvas, Canal+, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel et des Télédistributeurs Wallons, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Nederlands Filmfonds, Netherlands Film Production Incentive, The Berlinale World Cinema Fund, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Fonds de Promotion Culturelle (FPC), Fonds Images de la Francophonie, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), TV5MONDE, Institut Français, Red Sea Film Fund
Release Date Apr 12, 2024
Duration 1 h 32 m
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Awards

African Movie Academy Awards
• 2 Wins & 14 Nominations
Magritte Awards, Belgium
• 2 Wins & 8 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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