Synopsis
A few days before her wedding, a young woman learns that her fiancé is accused of sexual assault. She goes to Haiti to confront the alleged victim.
Festivals
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Spira - Canada, 2020
Kunsthochschule Kassel - Germany, 2024
Anthology Film Archives - USA, 2024
Eye Film Institute - Netherlands, 2025
Jeu de Paume x Panorama Cinéma - France, 2025
SELECTIONS
Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK, 2019 (World Premiere)
Toronto International Film Festival, Canada, 2019
Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada, 2019
Hamilton Film Festival, Canada, 2019
Cinema on the Bayou, USA, 2020
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada, 2020
OFF-Courts Trouville, France, 2020
Equinoxia Film Festival X FNC, Colombia, 2020
Redcat, USA, 2020
Festival de Femmes de Créteil, France, 2023
ONLINE
Labocine - Regeneration issue, Web (USA), March 2021
The Criterion Channel - Web (USA, Canada), June 2024
Director: Miryam Charles
Script: Miryam Charles
Cast: Thuy Hang Duong, Eliza Bonnel
DOP: Miryam Charles
Sound: Myriam Charles
Editing: Miryam Charles
Sound mixing: Miryam Charles
Art direction and costumes: Miryam Charles
Production: Miryam Charles
Version
Original: English and Creole
Format
16mm, 1:85, Stereo
DCP, Pro Res
Miryam Charles is a Haitian-Canadian filmmaker based in Montreal. Her films have been presented at various festivals in Quebec and internationally. Her first feature film, This House, premiered at the Berlinale and was later shown at the AFI Film Festival. It was also included in TIFF’s Top 10 and listed among Sight and Sound’s best films of 2022. Her work has been exhibited at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the MoMA, the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, the Everson Museum, and the Palais de Tokyo.
