Viva Riva!

Riva is a small time operator who's 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.

Kinshasa is a seductively vibrant, lawless, fuel-starved sprawl of shantytowns, gated villas, bordellos and nightclubs and Riva is its perfect embodiment.