The Crying Conch (2017)
20m
Running Time
February 15, 2017Release Date
Plot.
A man is drawn into the footsteps of the historic Haitian slave leader; Mackandal. Following a man trapped in a curse which started centuries ago, this modern fable folds accounts of the past with the resilience of the present.
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Cast & Crew.
Zidor Montal
The Man
Ebby Angel Louis
Mackandal
Lovena Dieudonné
The Woman
Vincent Toi
Director
Guillaume Collin
Producer
Marcel Cabrera
Cinematographer
Jean-Claude Exantus
Andre-Deave Decime
Anante Dumola
Florence Jean Paul
Details.
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The Crying Conch is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Vincent Toi and released in 2017. The film centres on a man who is drawn into a rebellion that parallels the 18th-century story of Haitian revolutionary François Mackandal.The film premiered at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival, where Toi won the award for Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film.The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2017.