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