''Ayiti Mon Amour'' is a 2016 Haitian
drama film
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directed by Guetty Felin.
It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the
2016 Toronto International Film Festival
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Awards
The festival's final awards were ...
.
It was selected as the Haitian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
90th Academy Awards
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, but it was not nominated.
It was the first time Haiti had sent a film for consideration for the Best Foreign Language film.
Plot
A tale of
magical realism
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unfolds in Haiti, five years after a cataclysmic earthquake. A teenager discovers he has a superpower, an old fisherman seeks a cure at sea for his sick wife, and a character tries to escape a story penned by her author.
Cast
* Joakim Cohen
*
Anisia Uzeyman
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* Jaures Andris
See also
*
*
List of Haitian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
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2016 films
2016 drama films
Haitian Creole-language films
Haitian drama films
2010s French-language films
English-language Haitian films
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