Impact Days Catalogue
By Laura Cazador and Fernando Perez Valdes

Insoumises

Insoumises

In 1819, the Swiss surgeon Enrique Faber moved to Baracoa, where he marries the beautiful Juana and befriends his black servant. Little by little, rumours begin to spread: Enrique might be a woman. Thus begins one of the most scandalous lawsuits of Cuba’s colonial history… Laura Cazador and Fernando Pérez Valdés tell the true tale of Lausanne’s Henriette Favez, a free and rebellious woman, brilliantly portrayed by Sylvie Testud.

Section : Hors Compétition Fiction
Country : Switzerland, Cuba
Original language : Spanish
Subtitle : French
Directors
Laura Cazador (Switzerland)
Fernando Perez Valdes
Producers
Bohemian Films
ICAIC (Institut du cinéma cubain)
Writers
Laura Cazador
Fernando Perez Valdes
Casting
Sylvie Testud
Yeni Soria
Mario Guerra
Héctor Noas
Giselle González
Corina Mestre
Antonio Buil
Artistic direction
Alexis Álvarez
Photography
Raúl Pérez Ureta
Editing
Rodolfo Barros
Music
Philippe Heritier
Son
Denis Séchaud
Sheyla Pool
Distribution
Sister Distribution (Switzerland)
Duration
95’
Completion
2018