FREDA

By Géssica GÉNÉUS

HUBERT BALS FUND - INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM - as FIN

Drama - Completed 2021

Freda lives with her family in a poor neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. They make ends meet thanks to their small street shop. Faced with precarious living conditions and the rise of violence in Haiti, each of them wonders whether to stay or leave. Freda wants to believe in the future of her country.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2021
Un Certain Regard
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama, Female director
    • Countries
    • HAITI, FRANCE, BENIN
    • Languages
    • CREOLE, FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 93 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Géssica GÉNÉUS
    • Producer(s)
    • Jean-Marie GIGON (SANOSI PRODUCTIONS), Gessica GÉNÉUS (Ayizian Production), Faissol GNONLONFIN (Merveilles Production)
    • Synopsis
    • Freda lives with her family in a poor neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. They make ends meet thanks to their small street shop. Faced with precarious living conditions and the rise of violence in Haiti, each of them wonders whether to stay or leave. Freda wants to believe in the future of her country.