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Fortuna

Switzerland / Belgium, February 2018
FILM, Fiction, 106 min.

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directed by
Germinal Roaux
Written by
Germinal Roaux
Status
In distribution

Fortuna, a young Ethiopian 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.

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World Premiere
February 2018
Original Version
Amharic, French (french/english/german subtitles),  b/w, DCP, 106 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-51A5-0000-I-0000-0000-K
Production
VEGA Production, Need Productions, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Proximus
Producer
Ruth Waldburger, Jean-Marie Gindraux, Anne-Laure Guégan
directed by
Germinal Roaux
Written by
Germinal Roaux
Cinemato­graphy
Colin Levêque
Editing
Sophie Vercruysse
Sound Editing
Emmanuel Soland
Re-Recording Mix
Roman Dymny
Location Sound Mix
Jürg Lempen, David Lipka
Production Design
Ivan Niclass
Special Effects
Yann Blondel, Patrick Lindenmaier
Lighting Design
Emilien Faroudjia
Costumes
Geneviève Maulini
Casting
Muriel Imbach

Cast

Kidist Siyum Beza
Bruno Ganz as Bruder Jean
Patrick D'Assumçao
Yoann Blanc as Bruder Luc
Assefa Zerihun Gudeta
Ina Tosca
Pierre Banderet as Bruder Michel
Simon André
Philippe Grand'Henry

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Loco Films

Worldwide Distribution

France
Nour Films Distribution
Release date: 19.09.2018
Spain
Elamedia Estudios Distribution
Release date: 01.01.2020
Switzerland
Vega Distribution AG Distribution
Release date: 11.04.2018

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