This House

This House

2022 · 75 min · ★ 7.8 · Fantasy, Drama, Crime

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 will explore the relationship between the security of the living space and the violence that can jeopardize it.

Directed by Miryam Charles · Written by Miryam Charles

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Schelby Jean-Baptiste Tessa
Florence Blain Mbaye Valeska
Ève Duranceau Mathilde
Mireille Metellus Mireille
Matthew Rankin Dr. Densmore
Yardly Kavanagh Tante Rhode
Nadine Jean Nadine
Tracy Marcelin Tracy
Miryam Charles Voix hors champ (voice)

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