synopsis

Lovena becomes French Guiana's chess champion -- an opportunity and a burden for an illegal Haitian immigrant teenager.

cast

Esther Joseph

directed by

Olivier Sagne

director's bio

Olivier Sagne worked for ten years as an assistant director. His experience in a popular district of Guiana, his Haitian origins and his imagination converge through the portrait of "Lovena," a social and committed work.