SummaryAn actress and new mother (played by Zita Hanrot) is haunted by voices as she embarks on inhabiting the role of surrealist writer Suzanne Roussi-Césaire. In the sleepy palm groves of the tropics, a small group of filmmakers and actors confront the history of writer Suzanne Césaire in her youth and then stage scenes from her life, troubling the “p... Read More
Directed By:Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich
Written By:Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich, Marina Magloire, Terese Svoboda
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire
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May 28, 2025
100
“Ballad” is assembled with such peculiar, calm exactness that it actually resembles a series of experiments in simplicity.
May 28, 2025
75
Overall, The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire shows us how this discourse falls away––or most essential points are refined––when elaborated upon by such voluptuous cinematic form.
Jun 1, 2025
63
This film essay grapples with the ethical and political considerations raised in the effort to retrieve Césaire from oblivion.
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Release Date:Jun 6, 2025
Duration:1 h 15 m
Awards
Indie Memphis Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Film Festival Rotterdam
• 1 Nomination
