Fortuna
  • Drama
  • OV français, amharic
  • 1h 46m

Fortuna

  • 2018
  • Director Germinal Roaux

Fortuna (14), a young Ethiopian teenage girl, has had no news of her parents since arriving in Lampedusa, Italy. Together with other refugees, she is given shelter for the winter in a Swiss catholic hospice at an altitude of over 2000 meters. While they wait for their fate to be decided by the Swiss authorities, Fortuna meets Kabir, a 26-year-old African refugee, and falls desperately in love. Their relationship develops in secret, till the day Kabir disappears.

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With Kidist Siyum Beza, Bruno Ganz, Patrick D'Assumçao, Assefa Zerihun Gudeta, Yoann Blanc
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ISAN: 0000-0004-51A5-0000-I-0000-0000-K
Fortuna

Synopsis

Fortuna (14), a young Ethiopian teenage girl, has had no news of her parents since arriving in Lampedusa, Italy. Together with other refugees, she is given shelter for the winter in a Swiss catholic hospice at an altitude of over 2000 meters. While they wait for their fate to be decided by the Swiss authorities, Fortuna meets Kabir, a 26-year-old African refugee, and falls desperately in love. Their relationship develops in secret, till the day Kabir disappears.

{{Reviews}}

„« In Bildsprache und thematischem Zugang erinnert der Film an «Ida» von Pawel Pawlikowski und an den grossen Russen Tarkowski » ”
« Grossartig »
„« Un drame humanitaire bouleversant » ”
« Un poème sur l'exil »
„« Un regard fort et touchant sur la question des réfugiés »”
– Patrick Simonin TV 5 MONDE
„« Une héroïne de Robert Bresson » ”
« La beauté sauvage de Fortuna sort commun des mortels »
„« Un film sublime qui nettoie notre regard sur les migrants » ”
« Une véritable expérience sensorielle » – Raphaële Bouchet RTS
„« Humanisme au sommet » – Mathieu Loewer LE COURRIER”

Details

Start
15.11.2018 German-speaking Switzerland
11.04.2018 French-speaking Switzerland
Language
OV français, amharic
Duration
1h 46m
Format
DCP (1:1.33)
Distribution Switzerland
VEGA Distribution, Praesens Film
Worldwide distribution
LOCO FILMS, Paris
Production
VEGA Production (CH), SRG SSR, RTS / NEED Productions (BE), Proximus

Credits

Director
Germinal Roaux
Script
Germinal Roaux, Idée originale Claudia Gallo, Germinal Roaux
Producer
Ruth Waldburger, Jean-Marie Gindraux, en coproduction avec Anne-Laure Guégan, Géraldine Sprimont
Cast
Kidist Siyum Beza, Bruno Ganz, Patrick D'Assumçao, Assefa Zerihun Gudeta, Yoann Blanc
Photography
Colin Levêque
Editing
Sophie Vercruysse, Jacques Comets
Sound
Jürg Lempen, Emmanuel Soland, Roman Dymny
Art direction
Ivan Niclass
Costumes
Geneviève Maulini

Festivals & Awards

„68° Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 2018”
„* Crystal Bear for the Best Film”
„* Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury”
„16th International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights | FIFDH 2018”
„5th Edition Cinema Sneakers Film Festival Warszawa 2018”
„* First Prize Youth Feature Film Competition”
„15th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival 2018”
„* Silver Award”
„71th Locarno Festival 2018 Panorama Suisse”
„11th Edition Festival du Film Francophone Angoulême 2018”
„Festival International du Film Francophone de Tübingen | Stuttgart 2018”
„*Grand Prix du Festival ”