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Spectrum

An eclectic quarter of Geneva gathers three black young outcasts in a journey of love and self-discovery.

synopsis

Boya, an enigmatic young artist from Cameroon, has just arrived in Geneva for an exchange at the art school. He settles in Les Pâquis, the most eclectic quarter of Geneva, home to the red-light district, drug dealers, and luxurious hotels. Uprooted but thrilled to be outside of his country for the first time, he dyes his hair blond to mark a new beginning. On the same block lives Keza Lynn, a young eccentric sound engineer in the midst of a personal crisis, who has grown obsessed with the intimate stories she records for podcasts. She is in a relationship with her reliant and egocentric best friend Tony, an androgynous up-and-coming musician. Their encounter progressively unmasks their paradoxes and disrupts their personalities, arising a journey of love and self- discovery.

Director’statement

In 2015, I came from Rwanda to Geneva for film studies. Growing up in a country where everyone looked like me, it was my first confrontation as a young black man with all the connotations that this implies. I found myself spending most of my time in Les Pâquis, a lively and cosmopolitan neighbourhood where I met people who helped me find my landmarks so far from home. Les Pâquis is a very integral character in the film: with more than 180 nationalities living within a few streets, one can find a whole world in its streets. Spectrum explores misfit characters on a journey to overcome personal inner boundaries. It delves into themes such as the uprootedness of displaced people, love, longing and loneliness among what I call the African diaspora. Having always been concerned about the simplistic representation of black people in films, I want to subvert the characters of their black identity. My early connection with cinema was that it was not related to geography, but rather to the intimate connection with the other, through ways of being that echoed deep within me.

TFL PROGRAMME:
ScriptLab 2020
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