The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire |
a film by Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich |
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Synopsis
An actress and new mother (played by Zita Hanrot) is haunted by voices as she embarks on inhabiting the role of surrealist writer Suzanne Roussi-Césaire. In the sleepy palm groves of the tropics, a small group of filmmakers and actors confront the history of writer Suzanne Césaire in her youth and then stage scenes from her life, troubling the “paradise” of historical memory. Moving between narrative filmmaking and abstraction - a night at a 1940s cafe, and the garden where a film’s cast and crew discuss and bring to life the missing pieces of the writer’s legacy - this is a film that leaves room for the unknown.
This is Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s first feature. The film stars César-award-winning actor Zita Hanrot and Motell Foster, and features a soundtrack by singer Sabine McCalla.
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Playdates
June 6 - BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Brooklyn, NY * 35mm
June 6 - The Cinematheque, Vancouver, BC
June 12: DC Caribbean FilmFest – Silver Spring, MD
June 13 - Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
June 13 - Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL, June 13 * 35mm
July 4-10: Lark Theater, Larkspur, CA
July 11: Maine International Film Festival, Waterville, ME
July 11-17: Iowa City Film Scene – Iowa City, IA
July 11-17: MSP Film Society, Minneapolis, MN
July 16-22: Cinema Moderne, Montreal, Canada
July 23: Acropolis Cinema - Los Angeles, CA
Sept 12–13 – Union Cinema, Milwaukee, WI * 35mm Print
Jan 18 - Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Festivals & Awards
Official Selection - New York Film Festival
Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival
Official Selection - Viennale
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