Cette maison
This House
debut feature - dir. Miryam Charles
Canada, Québec / French, Haitian Creole / 75 minutes / 2022
Synopsis
Bridgeport, 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else. Ten years later, the director and cousin of the teenager examines the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like an imagined biography, the film explores the relationship between the security of the living space and the violence that can jeopardise it.
Written and directed by Miryam Charles
Production : Embuscade Films - Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Cinematography : Isabelle Stachtchenko, Miryam Charles
Sound : Gordon Neil Allen, Olivier Calvert
Editing : Xi Feng
Music : Romain Camiolo
Production Design : Georges Michael Fanfan, Annick Marion
Cast : Schelby Jean-Baptiste / Florence Blain Mbaye / Eve Duranceau / Matthew Rankin / Yardly Kavanagh / Mireille Métellus / Nadine Jean / Tracy Marcelin
Filmmaker's bio
From Haitian descent, Miryam Charles is a director, producer and cinematographer living in Montreal. She has produced several short and feature films. She is also the director of several short films. Her films have been presented in various festivals in Quebec and internationally. She has just completed the direction of her first feature film This House. Her work explores themes related to exile and the legacies of colonization.
International festivals & screenings
World premiere : Berlinale Forum, DE - February 2022
Art of the Real - Film at Lincoln Center, US
IndieLisboa, PT
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, CA
The Block Museum of Art, US
Frames of Representation - ICA, UK
Olhar de Cinema (Curitiba IFF) - BR
Third Horizon Film Festival, US
Taipei IFF, TW
Awards
Silvestre Award for Best Feature Film - IndieLisboa
