Canadian Premiere
Since his wife left for the United States, Edouardo and his daughter subsist on recorded tapes she sends to fill the void of her absence with her voice. Given the distance, they cling to a future filled with love and family.
Community Partner
Kenny Laguerre, Zaraina Ruth-Amma Suffren, Clorette Jacinthe
Haiti
2024
In Haitian Creole with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Ruth Marcien
Producer
Samuel Suffren
Screenwriter
Samuel Suffren
Cinematography
Phalonne Pierre Louis
Editor
Samuel Suffren
Original Music
Daniel Larivière, Chorale Les Théophiles
Samuel Suffren
Samuel Suffren is a Haitian director and producer. He’s working on a short film trilogy. The first film Agwe (2022) was selected at Locarno and won the best diaspora film at Fespaco. Des rêves en bateaux papiers (2024) is the second. He’s developing a feature documentary Lòtbò and his first fiction feature Je m’appelle Nina Shakira.
Photo by Phalonne Pierre Louis
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