Synopsis
For the past fifteen years, Congolese surgeon Denis Mukwege has been operating on sexually abused women in the hospital he founded in South Kivu province. This film, which gives a voice to him, his caregivers, and their patients, is a cry to the world.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Roches Noires Productions
- Foreign production company : Karoninka
- Film exports/foreign sales : The Party Film Sales
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producers : Xavier Carniaux, Élisabeth Marliangeas
- Screenwriter : Angèle Diabang
- Director of photography : Marine Tadié
- Assistant director : Betty Ntumba
- Editor : Véronique Lagoarde-Ségot
- Sound Recordist : Emmanuel Zouki
- Foreign producer : Angèle Diabang
- Voice-over : Nathalie Keseljevic
- Production manager : Sophie Daniel
- Sound Mixer : Bruno Lagoarde
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : War, Conflict, Freedom
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Senegal
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Senegal)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 52 min
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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In the maternity ward, Céline awaits the arrival of her first child. It is Jeanne, her partner, who will bring her into the world. At night, in the entrance hall of the hospital, she meets men who are waiting, like herself.
🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)