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Fortuna
Cambridge Film Festival Release Date:
Friday 26th October 2018
119 votes
Age rating / classification to be confirmed
1 hour 46 minutes approx.
Released
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Starring:
Kidist Siyum, Bruno Ganz, Patrick d'Assumçao, Yoann Blanc and Stéphane Bissot
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Directed By:
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Written By:
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Produced By:
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Genres:
Drama, Romance
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Language:
French
Synopsis
Fortuna, a 14-year-old Ethiopian girl, has had no news of her parents since arriving in Lampedusa, Italy. Together with other refugees, she is given shelter for the winter in a Swiss catholic hospice at an altitude of over 2000 meters. While they wait for their fate to be decided by the Swiss authorities, Fortuna meets Kabir, a 26-year-old African refugee, and falls desperately in love. Their relationship develops in secret, till the day Kabir disappears.