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Inside Ayiti Mon Amour, Guetty Fellin’s Neorealist Film

Ayiti Mon Amour

Ayiti Mon Amour

Ayiti Mon Amour, a film by Haitian filmmaker Guetty Felin has been drawing praise all over the film festival circuit. The films centers on the lives of three individuals: a young man who’S going through a semi-rebellious phase, and a fisherman helping his beloved wife battle an unknown disease, and a novel character trying to evade an actor. Their lives seem so disconnected, but Fellin’s script will bring them together somehow.

One of the characters in Ayiti Mon Amour, a film by Guetty Felin grieves following an earthquake.

One of the characters in Ayiti Mon Amour, a film by Guetty Felin grieves following an earthquake.

Ayiti Mon Amour features some really nice views of Haiti and its colonial architecture, not to mention some views of the sea and fishermen wharves.

A scene from Ayiti Mon Amour a film from Guetty Felin, a Haitian filmmaker. #kreyolicious

A scene from Ayiti Mon Amour a film from Guetty Felin, a Haitian filmmaker. #kreyolicious #Haitian

Ayiti Mon Amour has been screened at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as the Curaçao film festival to maximum acclaim. Felin is being heralded by critics as a voice in post-2010 Haitian cinema. The talent roster in the film Jaures Andris, Joakim Cohen, Anisia Uzeyman are all first-time actors and what talent they display!

Felin previously directed a feature film through her BelleMoon Productions film company entitled A Rooster in the Fire Escape.

Check out the Ayiti Mon Amour trailer below and let me know what you think!

This has been another episode of KREYOLICIOUS CINEMA OR SHOULD I SAY KREYOLICIOUS AT THE MOVIES? See you next time.

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