"Goes places you almost certainly won’t expect - and, once there, makes you wonder how you ever thought it could have gone anywhere else." Michael Nordine, Variety

African refugee Marie Cissé works as the head chef at a retirement home in a sleepy mountain town in the south of France. Her satisfying life is upended by the arrival of Father Patrick, an African priest who she recognizes as the warlord who slaughtered her family. A daring exploration of fear, trauma, and revenge, Foumbi’s feature debut is a fearless and explosive modern-day thriller, winner of top awards at the American Black Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival, and an Official Selection of our 2022 Black Harvest Film Festival. Film Center exclusive.


Awards & Nominations

Winner - Best Feature, Washington DC Independent Film Festival
Winner - Best First Feature, Best Narrative Feature, American Black Film Festival
Nominee - Best Feature, Independent Spirit Award
Nominee - New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize, Palm Springs International Film
Festival
Official Selection - Black Harvest Film Festival


The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu