Inspiré d'un conte traditionnel haïtien, TEZEN nous immerge dans un univers aux croyances animistes. Chaque jour, une jeune fille puise de l'eau pure que lui offre un esprit-poisson. Tout en buvant cette eau délicieuse, sa famille commence à se méfier de son origine.

Un film de Shirley BRUNO

Haïti / France, 2016, Fiction, 28 mins

avec la famille Charles - Jerbilande Charles, Louvansky Charles, Madame Dieucibon Charles, Monsieur Dieucibon Charles

Production :
Le Fresnoy, France

A restless daughter meets a spirit who gives her pure water. Her family devours the delicious water until they begin to suspect more than the origin of its taste.

A traditional folktale retold entirely featuring a cast of nonactors from one family made of three generations.


A film by Shirley BRUNO

Haiti / France, 2016, Fiction, 28 mins

Cast: The Charles Family - Jerbilande Charles, Louvansky Charles, Madame Dieucibon Charles, Monsieur Dieucibon Charles

Crew:

Writer & Director : Shirley Bruno

Director of Photography : Noé Bach

Camera Assistant : Jonathan Pâquet

Production Managers: Hugues Michel (Haiti), Lucie Bercez (France)

Assistant Director & Continuity: Berline Charles

Editor : Shirley Bruno

Producers : Slava Doytcheva, Shirley Bruno


Festivals:

Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Zinebi - Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Film (Spain), Hamburg International Short Film Festival (Germany),

Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden), Internationale Kurzfimtage Winterthur Recommends (Switzerland), Third Horizon Film Festival (Miami), 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (Berlin), Mzansi Women's Film Festival (Johannesburg),

Insularia Film Festival (Canary Islands), Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (Israel), Festival de L'Acharnière (France),

Haïti Aux Grands Voisins Film Festival (Paris), Toute-Monde Art & Film Festival (Miami), Always For the Pleasure Film Festival (New Orleans)


Screenings:

StudioPrix Collector - Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris "Incarnations" Exhibition - Galerie Municipale Vitry Jean Collet Gallery, Vitry-sur-Seine Paris

"Le rêve des formes" Exhibition - Palais de Toyko, Paris

Leal Rios Foundation Gallery, Lisbon



Broadcast:

TV5 Monde


Permanent collections:

Le CNAP - Centre national des arts plastiques (France)

Leal Rios Foundation (Portugal)