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Logline

A young Parisian woman of Caribbean descent returns to her native island of Guadeloupe looking for the father she has never known.

Synopsis

Bernadette, a single mother in Paris, tries to provide her daughters with everything. She is thrilled when her eldest daughter, Elza, is the first in the family to graduate from university. But Elza breaks her mother’s heart by running away to their native Guadeloupe in search of a distant childhood memory: the father she barely remembers. Simmering with intrigue and illicit scandal, Elza is a heady melodrama about a family and its deep, dark secrets.

Details

Feature (80mins) Narrative Drama | Guadeloupe

Language:

French with English subtitles

Production

Producers:

Marriette Monpierre | Gérard Lacroix
Edgard Tenembaum | Eric Basset
Mama Keïta

Writers:

Marriette Monpierre
Mama Keïta