Malta, Canada, 2022, 90'
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Details
- Director: Valerie Buhagiar
- Screenplay: Valerie Buhagiar
- Cinematography: Diego Guijarro Alvarez
- Editing: Matt Lyon, Peter Strauss
- Music: Richard Feren
- Production: Falkun Films, Aiken Heart Films
- Cast: Natascha McElhone, Michela Farrugia, Peter Galea, Pauline Fenech, Henry Zammit Cordina, Mikhail Basmadjan, Rachel Fabri, Paul Portelli, Paul Cilia, Andre Agius, Chakib Zidi
- 2022 Canadian FF: Best Film
- 2021 Whistler FF: Best Cinematography
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Recap
Inspired by actual events, Carmen is a charming story set in a village on the Mediterranean island of Malta. Since the age of sixteen, Carmen (Natascha McElhone) has looked after her brother, the local church's priest. Now almost fifty, she suddenly decides to leave in order to start a new life. Facing her past, Carmen brings color to the villagers' lives in this compelling story about a woman finding her voice.
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Director
Valerie Buhagiar
Valerie Buhagiar began her career as an actress during the Toronto New Wave, starring in films like the international hits Roadkill and Highway 61. Her first outing as a writer-director was with the short film The Passion of Rita Camilleri, which competed at the Locarno Film Festival and won the Best Short Film award at the Chicago International Film Festival, as well as several other international awards. Her first two features, 2014's The Anniversary and 2018's It's Hard To Be Human, won several awards and achieved worldwide distribution. Carmen is Buhagiar's third feature film as a writer-director.
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