Winner of the Crystal Bear and Grand Prix in the Generation program at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival.
Fortuna is a 14-year-old Ethiopian girl has had no news of her parents since she arrived on the Mediterranean shores of Lampedusa, Italy. Together with other refugees, she is given shelter for the winter in a Swiss monastery at an altitude of 2000 meters. A community of Catholic canons gives them refuge while they wait for their fate to be decided by the Swiss authorities. This is where Fortuna meets Kabir, a 26-year-old refugee with whom she falls desperately in love. Their relationship develops in secret until the day Kabir mysteriously disappears.
Lumières Françaises highlights an exciting new generation of rising francophone talent on both sides of the camera, from rebellious comedies to exquisite dramas and vivid documentaries.