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Fally Ipupa Discusses Debut Acting Role In ‘Rumba Royale’ — AfroBerlin


Congolese Music Star Fally Ipupa Talks Transition to Acting in Historical Thriller 'Rumba Royale

A session on the movie wrapped the first day of AfroBerlin, the successful event taking place during the Berlin Film Festival and whch shines a light on filmmaking in Africa. Time, however, was an issue for the music star during production, he said: “I’m a very busy man, the most complicated thing was to fix my schedule because I was on tour when we shot the movie.” The star was joined by co-star Melanie Bokata, U.S. cinematographer Ronny Law, writer Kevin Dwyer and producer-director Hamed Mobasser as the Rumba Royale team lifted the lid on the project.

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