The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire
First screened in January 2026

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Director: Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich. Cast: Zita Hanrot, Motell Foster, Josué Gutierrez, Reese Antoinette, Melisa Lopez. Screenplay: Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and Marina Magloire (inspired by the article "Surrealist Refugees in the Tropics" by Terese Svoboda).

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Photo © 2024 Cinema Guild / Sophie Luo, Mike S. Ryan

In Brief: Playful, pretty, worth poring over, even if pile-up of structural conceits interfere with key goals.

VOR: ④  To me, anything that boosts Césaire's ideas and reputation has value. Aesthetics and intelletual risks, even when choppy or ill-advised.

Grade: B

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