Fortuna

2018 [FRENCH]

Drama / Romance

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 67% · 6 reviews
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 323 323

refugee switzerland teenage girl monastery

Plot summary

Fortuna, a 14-year-old Ethiopian girl, has had no news of her parents since they crossed the Mediterranean Sea. Together with other refugees, she is given shelter for the winter in a Swiss catholic monastery. While she waits for her fate to be decided by the Swiss authorities, Fortuna finds out she is pregnant. The choice she will have to make and the arrival of the refugees will give rise to concern within the religious community and will challenge their concept of Christian charity.

Director

Germinal Roaux Photo
Germinal Roaux

Top cast

Bruno Ganz Photo
Bruno Ganz as Brother Jean
Yoann Blanc Photo
Yoann Blanc as Brother Luc
Patrick d'Assumçao Photo
Patrick d'Assumçao as Mr. Blanchet
Stéphane Bissot Photo
Stéphane Bissot as Barbara
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938.99 MB
1280*962
Multiple languages 2.0
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 6
1.7 GB
1438*1080
Multiple languages 2.0
NR
us  es  de  fr  ro  ar  
25 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mikeluriarte 10 / 10

Gorgeous looking film with great composition and solid directing

Gorgeous looking film with great composition and solid directing. A simple story filled with complex characters, presents a few very interesting dilemmas like if it is right or not to make a decision for someone else even if we think he/she is not ready to do so, among others of the same nature.Not a very rewachable movie, but happy that i saw it atleast once.
Reviewed by dbdumonteil

Sanctuary!

Filmed in stark black and white, bald, austere , slow-moving , "Fortuna" reminds the viewer of Robert Bresson's first movies.Fortuna ,an Ethopian refugee is given shelter ,with other people ,in a monastery in the mountains ;is the right of asylum the old sanctuary of the Middle -Ages?People from various religions :the heroine is a true believer who puts her trust in Virgin Mary.She's pregnant by a young married muslim who already has his own family.Fortuna prays ceaselessly for her parents'return ;she is obsessed by water (after a long voyage by sea,she winds up in a bare land covered with snow ;she hints at the Biblical Deluge )The monks themselves (one of them played by highly talented Bruno Ganz ) have their moments of doubt: can we accept that the police violate our sacred place? Can this girl have an abortion? Is the Church always right? Is it infallible when they deal with good and bad?The ending is open although the last picture gives us a clue.
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