Mirror Mountain Film Festival: Free film screening this Wednesday April 15!

Join us for the Ottawa theatrical premiere of Miryam Charles’ feature film “Cette maison” at Cineplex Lansdowne.

Free screening!

Mirror Mountain Film Festival is proud to be presenting the Ottawa theatrical premiere of Haitian-Canadian director Miryam Charles’ stunning and evocative debut feature film Cette maison this April 15 as part of National Canadian Film Day.

This poetic and haunting feature-length film takes the viewer on an emotional journey through memory and place, traveling back through time to the 1995 Quebec referendum as political currents intertwine with a tragic event in one family’s history.

Meet the director in person!

Join us for this free screening at Cineplex Cinemas Lansdowne, with director Miryam Charles in attendance for a live introduction and post-screening Q&A with the audience!

Film synopsis:

Bridgeport, January 17, 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else. Ten years later, the director and cousin of the teenager examine the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like an imagined biography, the film explores the relationship between the security of the living space and the violence that can jeopardize it.

In French and Creole with English subtitles.

About Miryam Charles

From Haitian descent, Miryam Charles is a director, producer and cinematographer living in Montreal. She has produced several short and feature films. She is also the director of several short films. Her films have been presented in various festivals in Quebec and internationally. She has just completed directing her first feature film Cette maison. Her work explores themes related to exile and the legacies of colonization.