Synopse
Haiti, 1962. A man is brought back from the dead only to besent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, at the prestigious Légion dhonneur boarding school, a Haitian girl confesses an old family secret to a group of new friends - never imagining that this strange tale will convince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable
Regie
BERTRAND BONELLO (*1968) is seen as one of France’s most radical directors. Films like The Pornographer (2001), House of Tolerance (2011) and Nocturama (2016) all caused a stir on release. Zombi Child was shown at in Cannes in 2019 in the section Quinzaine de Réalisateurs.
Info
Original Title: Zombi Child
International Title: Zombi Child
Category: Feature
Section: Voilà
Version & Subtitles: Haitian Creole, French OV with English subtitles
Director & Screenplay: Bertrand Bonello
Cast/Protagonists: Louise Labèque, Wislanda Louimat, Katiana Milfort, Mackenson Bijou, Adilé David, Ninon François, Mathilde Riu, Patrick Boucheron, Néhémy Piere-Dahomey, Ginite Popote, Sayyid El Alami, Saadia Bentaieb
Production country: France
Year of Production: 2019
Length: 103 min
Producer: Judith Lou Levy, Bertrand Bonello, Eve Robin
Production company: My New Picture, Les Films Du Bal
Cinematography: Yves Cape
Editor: Anita Roth
Music: Bertrand Bonello
Production Design: Katia Wyszkop
World Sales: Joris Boyer, Playtime
Distributor: Patrick Horn, Grandfilm Verleih
