Ayiti Mon Amour

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Ayiti Mon Amour
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Film poster
Directed byGuetty Felin
Written byGuetty Felin
Produced byGuetty Felin
Hervé Cohen
Jessica Anthony
StarringJoakim Cohen
Anisia Uzeyman
CinematographyHervé Cohen
Edited byStephane Vernet Augustin, Isabelle Devinck
Music byLeyla McCalla
Distributed byEurope- Orange Studio
Release dates
  • 10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) (TIFF)
  • 15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) (Haiti)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryHaiti
LanguagesCreole
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.

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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.

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