Ayiti Mon Amour

2016 film

  • 10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) (TIFF)
  • 15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) (Haiti)
Running time
88 minutesCountryHaitiLanguagesCreole
French
English
Japanese

Ayiti Mon Amour is a 2016 Haitian drama film directed by Guetty Felin.[1] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] It was selected as the Haitian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3] It was the first time Haiti had sent a film for consideration for the Best Foreign Language film.[4]

Plot

A tale of magical realism unfolds in Haiti, five years after a cataclysmic earthquake. A teenager discovers he has a superpower, an old fisherman seeks a cure at sea for his sick wife, and a character tries to escape a story penned by her author.

Cast

  • Joakim Cohen
  • Anisia Uzeyman
  • Jaures Andris

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ayiti Mon Amour". San Francisco Film Society. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Toronto unveils City To City, World Cinema, Masters line-ups". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ^ Kilday, Gregg (5 October 2017). "Oscars: 92 Films Submitted in Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  4. ^ "92 Countries in Competition in for 2017 Foreign Language Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

External links

  • Ayiti Mon Amour at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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