With "Freda" by Gessica Géneus, Haitian women burst the screen in Cannes

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Image taken from the film "Freda" by Gessica Géneus, presented in the Un Certain regard selection at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. © Nour Films

By: Sophie Torlotin Follow

5 mins

The 74th Cannes Film Festival is already coming to an end.

About a hundred films from all continents will have been screened.

For the first time since 1993, a film from Haiti appeared in the selection.

This is

Freda

, a first feature film by Gessica Generus about a young woman who fights for her survival in a capital Port-au-Prince, where insecurity reigns.

  • Culture

  • Cinema

  • Haiti