Orizzonti
HOUSE OF THE WIND
La maison du vent
Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu
With
Josette Kwanya, Edwige Tatiana Moudjeu Pouadeu, Adrien Jolivet
Country
Cameroon, France, Belgium, Benin, Saudi Arabi, Qatar
Duration
104′
Language
French, Bafang
SCREENINGS
Press screening: Thursday 3 September – 19:00 – Sala Casinò
Press screening: Thursday 3 September – 22:00 – Sala Volpi
Official screening: Friday 4 September – 14:00 – Sala Darsena (followed by Q&A)
Additional screening: Saturday 5 September – 16:15 – Sala Astra 1
Additional screening: Saturday 5 September – 16:30 – Sala Astra 2
Press screening: Thursday 3 September – 22:00 – Sala Volpi
Official screening: Friday 4 September – 14:00 – Sala Darsena (followed by Q&A)
Additional screening: Saturday 5 September – 16:15 – Sala Astra 1
Additional screening: Saturday 5 September – 16:30 – Sala Astra 2
PRESS CONFERENCE
N/A
TALENTS
available in Venice: Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu, others TBA
WORLD SALES
Celluloid Dreams
SYNOPSIS
Josette (80) lives alone in Yaoundé, Cameroon. All her children have left for the West. She encourages them to build houses in Cameroon, a ploy to bring them back to her. But the unexpected bond she forms with Sarah, a young woman from her neighborhood, shatters everything she has built her life on: her family, her responsibilities, and her hopes.
Distribution
PRODUCTION
HORIZONS D’AFRIQUE (Cameroon)
LA MANSARDE CINEMA (France)
STEEL FISH PICTURES (Belgium)
MERVEILLES PRODUCTION (Benin)
LA MANSARDE CINEMA (France)
STEEL FISH PICTURES (Belgium)
MERVEILLES PRODUCTION (Benin)
CO-PRODUCTION
RED SEA FUND (Saudi Arabia)
DOHA FILM INSTITUTE (Qatar)
with CANAL+, TV5MONDE, PROXIMUS – BE TV & ORANGE – BNP PARIBAS FORTIS FILM FINANCE, FONDS IMAGE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE – FONDS JEUNE CRÉATION FRANCOPHONE – L’UNION EUROPÉENNE & L’ORGANISATION DES ÉTATS ACP – CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE – PICTANOVO & LA RÉGION HAUTS-DE-FRANCE – CENTRE DU CINÉMA ET DE L’AUDIOVISUEL DE LA FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES – TAX SHELTER DU GOUVERNEMENT FÉDÉRAL DE BELGIQUE
DOHA FILM INSTITUTE (Qatar)
with CANAL+, TV5MONDE, PROXIMUS – BE TV & ORANGE – BNP PARIBAS FORTIS FILM FINANCE, FONDS IMAGE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE – FONDS JEUNE CRÉATION FRANCOPHONE – L’UNION EUROPÉENNE & L’ORGANISATION DES ÉTATS ACP – CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE – PICTANOVO & LA RÉGION HAUTS-DE-FRANCE – CENTRE DU CINÉMA ET DE L’AUDIOVISUEL DE LA FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES – TAX SHELTER DU GOUVERNEMENT FÉDÉRAL DE BELGIQUE