Set in Brooklyn, New York this Dutch film is based on a true story that appeared on a New York newspaper in 1980.

Desirée lives in the past. A series of flashbacks expose us to her psychologically troubled childhood very much affected by a promiscous mother. Her present life evolves around three people: her employer Mrs. Resnick, Freddy, her lover and Father Siego, leader of the church "The True Confessors".

Desirée's relationship with each one of these characters is at the origin of her falling apart. Freddy is an insecure black man who finishes their love affair with a sad note, Father Siego is the leader of a rigid narrow-minded religious sect and Mrs Resnick is a racist, prejudiced white woman who feels black people are inferior and incapable of living their own live.

Rejected by all because of her pregnancy, Desirée blames her child as the source of evil. She is then possessed by evil and wants to exorcise it. The only way is to get rid of her daughter…


To be ordered from ArtMattan Productions (www.africanfilm.com)
Language: English subtitles


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Desiree es una mujer negra que vive en el pasado. Perseguida por los fantasmas y angustias de una infancia dolorosa, sufre de un estado de desequilibrio mental que la lleva a matar a su propio hijo, por considerar que está poseido por el demonio.

Basado en hechos reales que aparecieron publicados en la prensa de Nueva York en 1980.


Dirección: Félix de Rooy
Guión: Norman de Palm
Fotografía: Ernest Dickerson
Edición: Edgar Burcksen, Jac Marens
Sonido: Gil Kraus, Ron Haansechoten
Intérpretes: Mariam Rolle, Dan Stryhorn, Cynthia Belgrave, Askina Toure, Maxwel Glanville


País(es): Antillas Holandesas
Idioma Original: Inglés
Formato: 35 mm
Categoría: Ficción
Tipo: Color
Duración: 96 min.
Año de producción: 1984


Source:
www.cinelatinoamericano.org/ficha.aspx?cod=5081