LE DERNIER REPAS

In the organizer's words:

LE DERNIER REPAS (THE LAST MEAL)
D: Maryse Legagneur, CA 2024, OmeU | DCP | 110 min.

Montreal, 2011: Reynold Célestin is in palliative care with stomach cancer. When his daughter Vanessa, whom he has not seen for twenty years, learns of his illness, she agrees to see him again. The contact with his daughter and her Haitian dishes bring back memories of his imprisonment in Haiti in 1974. LE DERNIER REPAS deals with the consequences of Jean-Claude Duvalier's dictatorship (1971-1986) for an entire generation of Haitians and their descendants, who are marked by intergenerational trauma. In her first feature film, director Maryse Legagneur makes a contribution to remembrance and pays tribute to the courage and resilience of the survivors.

German premiere

Montreal, 2011: Reynold Célestin is in palliative care, suffering from stomach cancer. Upon hearing the news, his daughter Vanessa, whom he has not seen in twenty years, agrees to visit him. Through contact with his daughter and her Haitian cooking, memories of his imprisonment in Haiti in 1974 resurface. LE DERNIER REPAS evokes the aftermath of Jean Claude Duvalier's dictatorship (1971-1986) on an entire generation of Haitians and their descendants, marked by intergenerational trauma. In this first feature film, director Maryse Legagneur pays tribute to the courage and resilience of the survivors.