Fortuna
- Original title
- Fortuna
- Year
- 2018
- Running time
- 106 min.
- Country
- Switzerland
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Kidist Siyum
- Bruno Ganz
- Stéphane Bissot
- Assefa Zerihun Gudeta
- Yoann Blanc
- Antonin Schopfer
- Patrick D'Assumçao
- Alexandra Suciu
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- Cinematography
Colin Lévêque (B&W)- Producer
- Co-production Switzerland-Belgium-Ethiopia;
- Genre
- Drama. Romance
- 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.
- Awards
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2018: Swiss Film Awards: Nominated for Best Film
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