Synopsis
Thirteen-year-old Lovena, an undocumented immigrant of Haitian descent, has just been crowned chess champion in French Guyana. Her next rival will travel to Brazil to challenge her at a match. The preparation of this duel and unexpected events will drive her into a corner.
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Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Bear Team Production, Kanopé Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Next Film Distribution
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producers : Laurène Belrose, Marc Barrat
- Screenwriter : Olivier Sagne
- Director of Photography : Maxence Lemonnier
- Music Composer : Grégory Privat
- Assistant director : Mathilde Dusseau
- Editor : Karl Lerus
- Sound Recordist : Tanguy Lailler
- Costume designer : Léa Magnien
- Line Producer : Marc Barrat
- Assistant Operator : Adrien Valet
- Production manager : Marianne Nicole
- Sound Editor : Benoît Déchaut
- Continuity supervisor : Loëlia Fernandez
- Production Designer : Serge Fernandez
- Make-up Artist : Marie-Georges Clovis
- Sound Mixer : Thomas Van Pottelberge
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Minorities, Racial discrimination, Immigration
- Production language : French, Creole
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 28 min 50 seconds
- Visa number : 153.201
- Visa issue date : 05/08/2020
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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http://lovena-lefilm.fr
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