Sinopsis
After a pretty bloody voodoo ritual, during which they swear loyalty and obedience to their traffickers, the Nigerian sisters Happy and Charity arrive in Europe, where they register as asylum seekers, claiming both to be minors. Charity is 24 years old and full of ambition. She wants to escape poverty and is determined to return to Nigeria as a rich woman. She knows she will be earning her money as a prostitute, but she is prepared to endure a lot to realize her dream. Charity's family has forced her to take along her sister Happy, who is 15 years old and much more vulnerable.
She grew up in Belgium and lives presently in The Netherlands. She went to the European School in Brussels, then studied French literature and Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in film science. With her first documentary, Birthplace Unknown, about her adopted Korean sisters, she won the Joris Ivens Award at the 1988 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). In the following years she continued to make documentaries with a strong sense of urgency and commitment to human and social issues. She started to explore fiction and with her first short fiction Great! and won the Silver Bear for best short feature at the Berlinale in 2004.
Cineteca Madrid. Sala Plató
Focus Netherlands
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 115’
Countries: The Netherlands, Belgium, Nigeria
Language: Dutch, English. Original version with Spanish subtitles
Director: Karin Junger
Cast: Ijeoma Grace Agu, Omoteniola Famodimu, Morganna Love, Shirma Rouse, La Baby Jacqueline Morales, Jeroen Perceval, Sam Louwyck
Producer: Annemiek van Gorp, René Goossens
Production Companies: De Productie (NL)
Direction of photography: Danny Elsen
Selected in Giffoni Film Festival
Premiere in España
