In French and Cape Verdean Creole with English subtitles
Introduced by Fanny Guex
About this Event
Ama Gloria
Marie Amachoukeli, 2023, Drama, 84 min.
In French and Cape Verdean Creole with English subtitles
Film introduced by Fanny Guex
Location: East Gallery, Maison Française, Buell Hall
Six-year old Cléo loves her nanny Gloria more than anything. When Gloria must suddenly return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, Cléo makes her promise that they will see each other very soon. Gloria invites Cléo to her island and the two must make the most of their last summer together.
Director and screenwriter Marie Amachoukeli studied cinema at La Fémis. In 2014, she made her feature film debut with Party Girl in collaboration with Samuel Theis and Claire Burger. The film won the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and several awards at film festivals around the world. In 2016, she finished I Want Pluto to Be a Planet Again, an animation film made with Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka, which competed in the 2018 César Awards.
Fanny Guex is the Associate Director of the Columbia Maison Française and the co-curator of the Maison Film Festival since 2021.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Maison Française, 515 West 116th Street, New York, United States
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