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This House is a 2022 documentary essay directed by Miryam Charles. In this imaginary biography, the director evokes the murder of her 14-year-old cousin, which occurred in January 2008 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The film was produced by Félix Dufour-Laperrière of Embuscade films and was distributed by La Distributrice de films.

Plot
Bridgeport, January 17, 2008. A young girl is found hanging in her room. Everything suggests that she committed suicide, but autopsy results reveal something else. Ten years later, the director examines the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like an imaginary biography, the film explores the relationship between the security of the home and the violence that can jeopardize it, in a seamless journey through time and space.

Inspiration
In this imaginary biography, director Miryam Charles evokes the murder of her 14-year-old cousin in January 2008 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Miryam Charles refers to This House as a documentary essay, a mixture of documentary and fiction. From this true-life event that greatly affected her family, she crafts a love letter to her cousin and to her mother, to whom she wanted to pay homage.

Technical Information

 * Original title: Cette Maison
 * English title: This House
 * Directed by: Miryam Charles
 * Script by: Miryam Charles
 * Cinematography: Miryam Charles and Isabelle Stachtchenko
 * Sound: Gordon Neil Allen, Olivier Calvert, Martin M. Mess
 * Music by: Romain Camiolo, Miryam Charles
 * Edited by: Xi Feng
 * Produced by: Félix Dufour-Laperrière
 * Production company: Embuscade films
 * Distributed by: La Distributrice de films
 * Country: Canada
 * Language: French and Haitian Creole, English subtitles
 * Genre: Documentary essay
 * Running time: 75 minutes

Production et Festivals
Miryam Charles received a grant from Telefilm Canada's Talent Fund as well as support from SODEC and the MELS Fund for this film.

This House had its world premiere on February 13, 2022, in the Forum section at the Berlinale and won the Silvestre Award for the Best Feature Film and the IndieLisboa International Film Festival. Its Canadian premiere took place a Hot Docs on May 1, 2022.