Bridgeport, January 17, 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else. Ten years later, the director and cousin of the teenager examine the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like an imagined biography, the film will explore the relationship between the security of the living space and the violence that can jeopardize it.
An introduction to Miryam Charles, a flourishing young artist in experimental cinema. Her voice and her film delineate the contours of her own history and that of her immigrant ancestors—a DIY poem that evolves from her words, spoken and sung. The film represents a unique new initiative aimed at highlighting filmmakers from Quebec’s immigrant community: for this first edition, the two laureates were Gabriela de Andrade and Alexandre Paskanoi.