b'STA FF2022 BROSINGLES r4B.qxp_Layout 15/31/2212:25 PMPage 11F FThursday, July 28, 2022 - 7:00 PM Thursday, July 28, 2022 - 9:30 PMFEATURE FEATUREHAUTE COUTURE SONS OF THE SEAFrance - 100 min South Africa - 82 minDirected by Sylvie Ohayon. Written by Sylvie OhayonWritten and directed by John Gutierrez.and Sylvie Verheyde. With Roberto Kyle, Marlon Swarts, Brendon Daniels At the end of her career as a head seamstress at Dior, Esther is and Nicole Fortuin.distracted in the Metro by twenty-something Jade, only to have her A young hotel-worker from an impoverished South African fishinghandbag stolen by Jades partner-in-crime. When the contents of community is pressured by his older brother to steal two bags filledthe handbag cause Jade to regret the theft, she returns it, only to with abalone, which would bring them a fortune on the black-have Esther offer her a job. While they are from different worlds, market. But when they realize they are being tracked by a corruptthey sense something in the other they lack. Actors Nathalie Baye government official, the brothers mission to sell the goods takesand Lyna Khoudri breathe life into these women whose shared them through the mountainous region of the fabled Cape of Goodpassion for beauty and craftsmanship transcends everything that Hope, and into a fight for their own survival. This beautifully actedSTONYBROOKFILMFESTIVAL.COMshould divide them. An endearing feel-good film. thriller sidesteps the usual stereotypes to show you this part ofIn French, with subtitles. the world as youve never seen it.Produced by Olivier Kahn. Edited by Mike Fromentin.Director of In Afrikaans and English, with subtitlesPhotography: George Lechaptois. From Menemsha Films. Produced by Khosie Dali, John Gutierrez, Imran Hamdulay andDavid Horler. Edited by Paul Speirs.Director of Photography:Sebastian Cort. A Amiga Pictures and Miss K ProductionsProduction.7/28SHORT SHORTJUNGLE OUSMANEAustralia - 15 min Canada - 25 minTHURSDAYA film by Kieran Wheeler In French, with subtitlesS A young woman awakens to S A film by Jorge Camarottifind herself in the midst of Ousmane, a newly arriveda living nightmare, in this immigrant living ingritty, heart-pounding drama Montreal, faces aco-written by lead actress challenging situation whenClaudia Hruschka. he meets an elderlydisoriented lady at the endof his workday.11'