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FORTUNA
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by Germinal Roaux 18
Fortuna, a young African 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.
Fiction
WORLD RIGHTS: VEGA Production, Lausanne T +41 21 312 07 43 info@vegaproduction.ch
SWITZERLAND / BELGIUM Fiction, 100 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: French, Amharic CAST: Kidist Siyum Beza, Bruno Ganz, Patrick D’Assumçao, Yoann Blanc, Assefa Zerihun Gudeta, Ina Tosca, Pierre Banderet, Simon André, Philippe Grand’Henry PRODUCTION: VEGA Production, Lausanne / Need Productions, Brussels / RTS / Proximus, Evere
GERMINAL ROAUX * 1975 in Lausanne. Germinal Roaux is a photographer and filmmaker. He works exclusively with black & white. His debut feature film LEFT FOOT RIGHT FOOT (2013) won a Special Mention at Palm Springs, the Bayard d’or in Namur and a Swiss Film Award for Best Cinematography, Best Performance in a Supporting Role and the Special Award of the Academy.