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Release Date:
April 3, 2024
Original Title:
Dieu est une femme
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Industrie Films
Mente Pública
P.S. Productions
Upside Films
Wagua Films
Production Countries:
France | Panama | Switzerland
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 85
In 1975 French Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Pierre Dominique Gaisseau traveled to Panama to make a film on the indigenous island-dwelling Kuna people. Accompanied by his wife and their daughter, Gaisseau lived with the Kuna for a year, gaining their trust and filming their most intimate ceremonies. He promised to share the resulting film with the community, but that never happened. Fifty years later, the Kunas are still waiting to discover “their” film, now a legend passed down from the elders to the new generation. One day, a hidden copy is found in Paris…While uncovering this fascinating story with humility and warmth, Swiss-Panamanian filmmaker Andrés Peyrot succeeds in capturing a true sense of culture and place. The result is simultaneously a cautionary tale raising questions around how and why documentaries are made and for whom, and a testament to the power of what it means to see yourself on the big screen.
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Associate Producer:
Orgun Wagua
Duiren Wagua
Isabella Gálvez Peñafiel
Moisés González
Cinematography:
Patrick Tresch
Nicolas Desaintquentin
Co-Producer:
Xavier Grin
Director:
Andrés Peyrot
Editor:
Sabine Emiliani
Music:
Grégoire Auger
Producer:
Brieuc Dréano
Andrés Peyrot
Johan de Faria
Sébastien Deurdilly
Bénédicte Perrot
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