LEITA

Director:
N/A
Country:
France, Germany
Genres:
Producer:
Language:
English, French
Length:
min
Writer:
Year:
2022
Edition
RIFF 2022

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65 Minutes | France, Germany | 2022

Synopsis

1969, Thelonious Monk arrives in Paris. Before his evening concert, he recorded a program for French TV. The footage shows him rare, close, in the grip of the violent factory of stereotypes from which he tries to escape.

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Director’s Bio

film director portrait
The Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis studied art history at
the Sorbonne (France).
He made his directorial debut in 2002 with L’AFRANCE, a film
about the struggles of migrants in France which won a Silver
Leopard award at the Locarno Film Festival. His film ANDALUCIA
was shown at the Venice Film Festival in 2012. AUJOURD’HUI
(TEY), shown in competition at the Berlinale, won a Golden
Stalion at Fespaco.
He returned to the Berlinale in 2017 with FÉLICITÉ. The film
won him the competition’s Grand Jury Prize, a second Gold
Stallion at Fespaco, and represented Senegal at the Oscars where it
was shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film.

Film Details

  • Year:
    2022
  • Genres:
  • Runtime:
    65 Minutes
  • Languages:
    French, English
  • Countries:
    France, Germany
  • Premiere:
    Icelandic Premiere
  • Edition:
    RIFF 2022
  • Director:
    Alain GOMIS
  • Screenwriter:
  • Producer:
    Anouk KHELIFA, Arnaud DOMMERC
  • Cast: