FORTUNA
synopsis
Fortuna, a 14-year-old Ethiopian 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.
| original title: | Fortuna |
| country: | Switzerland, Belgium |
| sales agent: | Loco Films |
| year: | 2018 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Germinal Roaux |
| film run: | 106' |
| release date: | FR 19/09/2018, BE 2/01/2019, ES 1/01/2020 |
| screenplay: | Germinal Roaux |
| cast: | Kidist Siyum Beza, Bruno Ganz, Patrick d'Assumçao, Yoann Blanc, Assefa Zerihun Gudeta, Ina Tosca, Pierre Banderet, Simon André, Philippe Grand'Henry |
| cinematography by: | Colin Lévêque |
| film editing: | Sophie Vercruysse, Jacques Comets |
| art director: | Ivan Niclass |
| costumes designer: | Geneviève Maulini |
| producer: | Ruth Waldburger, Anne-Laure Guégan |
| executive producer: | Jean-Marie Gindraux |
| production: | Vega Film, Need Productions, SRG SSR, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse |
| backing: | Eurimages |
| distributor: | Vega Distribution, Nour Films, Praesens Film AG, Sideral |
