{"id":5571,"date":"2026-10-09T01:02:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/marie-madeleine-de-gessica-geneus-en-salle-le-4-decembre-et-en-competition-a-cinemania\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T01:02:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:02:39","slug":"marie-madeleine-de-gessica-geneus-en-salle-le-4-decembre-et-en-competition-a-cinemania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/marie-madeleine-de-gessica-geneus-en-salle-le-4-decembre-et-en-competition-a-cinemania\/","title":{"rendered":"MARIE MADELEINE by G\u00e9ssica G\u00e9n\u00e9us in theaters on December 4 and in competition at CINEMANIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MAISON 4:3 and Metafilms are pleased to announce that the film MARIE MADELEINE, written and directed by G\u00e9ssica G\u00e9n\u00e9us (Freda), will be presented in the international feature film competition Visages de la Francophonie and in the Quebec premiere of the 32nd edition of the CINEMANIA Francophone Film Festival, before hitting theaters on December 4.<\/p>\n<p>In Jacmel, Haiti, the sea, churches and spirits shape life. Marie Madeleine is a free woman. She lives from prostitution and goes through the nights without submitting to the rules of those who save souls. His path crosses that of Joseph, a young evangelist. A relationship is formed between these two beings who are completely opposite. While Joseph wavers in his faith, Mary Magdalene leads him towards a world in which desire and the quest for freedom open up a space where everything can be reinvented.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MARIE MADELEINE | Bande-annonce officielle\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1231041039?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p><div id=\"linit-2553076060\" class=\"linit-dans-le-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6185130430\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Presented as a world premiere at the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival last May and then as a North American premiere a few weeks ago at the Toronto Festival, MARIE MADELEINE, the second feature film by G\u00e9ssicaG\u00e9n\u00e9us, is a work where reality flirts with surrealism, and where the filmmaker seeks to bring together worlds that collide for an instant to bring out moments of light. The film stars the filmmaker herself, as well as B\u00e9onard Monteau (Port-au-Prince, Sunday January 4), and for the first time on screen, Edouard Baptiste and M\u00e9lissa Mildort.<\/p>\n<p>MARIE MADELEINE is a co-production of Sylvain CORBEIL (Metafilms, Canada), Jean-Marie GIGON (SaNoSiProductions, France), G\u00e9ssica G\u00c9N\u00c9US (Ayizan Productions, Haiti), Anton IFFLAND STETTNER (Stenola Productions, Belgium), Lilian ECHE and Christel HENON (Bidibul, Luxembourg). International sales are handled by Pyramide Films.<\/p>\n<p>MARIE MADELEINE is distributed in Canada by Maison 4:3 and will be released on December 4.<\/p>\n<div id=\"linit-1220671135\" class=\"linit-apres-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6185130430\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAISON 4:3 and Metafilms are pleased to announce that the film MARIE MADELEINE, written and directed by G\u00e9ssica G\u00e9n\u00e9us (Freda), will be presented in the international feature film competition Visages de la Francophonie and in the Quebec premiere of the 32nd edition of the CINEMANIA Francophone Film Festival, before hitting theaters on December 4. 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