Mariam
Sanon
Mariam Sanon is a director and projectionist, graduating in 2019 from the Master's degree "Direction and Creation" at the University of Paris VIII. She writes and directs as part of her studies a short fiction film, ''Nantes à Rebours'', and a documentary, ''Terre à l'est'', both self-produced. In 2021, she is conducting a residency on women's portraits with the Ateliers Médicis' Création en Cours program, in a school in Guadeloupe. In parallel to her professional activity, she writes poetry and short stories that are published in collective collections.
Le Passage
We are in the High Alps, in the middle of winter. Despite the danger, Ahmed, a young Guinean, and his fiancée, Maïmouna, have decided to cross the border at night to reach France. The next morning, Laura, a peasant woman, saves Ahmed from the cold. It is impossible for Ahmed to remember the events of the night. On the advice of Manu, an activist from the Refuge Solidaire in Briançon, Laura secretly keeps him at her home, and the young man begins an impossible quest to find his fiancée, who has disappeared in the mountains without a trace. Thanks to Laura's hospitality, he willingly stays to help her with the farm work. However, he is haunted by the memory and the ghost of Maïmouna.Laura, on her side, has to face an over-indebtedness and an increasing work. Laura and Ahmed attend a party at the Refuge Solidaire which degenerates: a fight breaks out between exiles and Manu is taken to the police station.Laura has found a way out: she will give her land to her neighbor and move to a collective farm. The same evening, the police arrive at her house in search of Ahmed. However, he manages to escape them. Laura's feelings for Ahmed give her the courage to leave and free herself from her malevolent neighbor.
