Kanaval (2024)

Directed by

Henri Pardo

Genre

drama, fantasy

Country

Luxembourg, Canada

Runtime

1h 52m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Rico moves from Haiti to a small Quebec town with his mother. They start living with an older couple and Rico tries to adapt to a new country and culture.

gentleintrospectivemelancholicbi-culturalslow-pacedobservationalquietly emotionalearthy

What happens

Kanaval is a 2023 drama film directed by Henri Pardo. A co-production of companies from Canada and Luxembourg, the film centres on Rico (Rayan Dieudonné), a young boy who has emigrated with his mother Erzulie (Penande Estime) from their native Haiti to a small town in Quebec, where they live with childless older couple Albert (Martin Dubreuil) and Cécile (Claire Jacques). The cast includes Hana Sofia Lopes, Jean Jean, Marc Assiniwi, Christian Cardin, Carol Beaudry, Rykko Bellemare and David Biron. It's produced by Éric Idriss-Kanago and Daniela Mujica (Canada) and Adolf El Assal and Neigeme Glasgow-Maeda (Luxembourg). The film's production was first announced in 2020, when it received support from the Netflix/Canadian Film Centre Project Development Accelerator project. It entered production in April 2022, with shooting in both the Dominican Republic and Canada. The film premiered in the Centrepiece program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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