The Secret Of the Ant Children
OT: Le secret de l'enfant fourmi
Christine François // France, 2011
Fiction Feature // FF2012
Story
Cécil, a 30-something French woman, is on a visit to Benin, when suddenly a woman appears, pushes a baby into her arms and disappears. All Cécil’s efforts to find out who the parents are fail. The locals recoil from the boy and the orphanage won’t take him.Finally, Cécil decides to adopt him and take him back to France. 7 years later: Lancelot is having nightmares. Cécil sees the cause in his home country and returns with him to Benin. There, a gruesome truth awaits mother and child, with its origins buried deep in religious ritual.
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Le secret de l'enfant fourmi
Fiction Feature
French
Voilà!//FF2012
France
2011
105 min
OV
Christine François
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