THE WALLS

A film by
Pedro Ruiz 110 min.

A production by
FAITS DIVERS MÉDIA
Directed by
PEDRO RUIZ
Production
ARANTZA MALDONADO
and PEDRO RUIZ
Associate Producer
DANIELA MUJICA
Executive production
HENRIQUE VERA-VILLANUEVA
Screenplay PEDRO RUIZ
and DOMÉNICO CHIAPPE
Director of photography
RODRIGO MICHELANGELI
Art Direction
ARIANE DRAPEAU-CLOUTIER
Sound PABLO VILLEGAS
Editing SALVADOR VALDEZ
Post-Production
POST-MODERNE
Music ANTOINE GRATTON
Script advisor
MONIQUE PROULX

Based on the book
The Walls by Doménico Chiappe With the performance of
JEAN JEAN
MARIE-HÉLÈNE BELLAVANCE
JEAN-FRANÇOIS CASABONNE
MARIE CHANTAL PERRON
MIREILLE MÉTELLUS
MICHEL MPAMBARA...

THE WALLS

SHORT SYNOPSIS
Joao N'Dugu was an athlete in Angola. In pole vaulting, he surpassed the records of the greatest vaulters in history. Unfortunately, these were not official. In 1984, he was going to represent his country at the Olympic Games and demonstrate his courage, but his government joined the Soviet boycott of the Games. He abandons then his country to become a professional athlete. He was injured while fleeing. He arrived in Montreal and lived in fear of reprisals for having deserted his country. At the age of forty, he agrees to be hired by a non-governmental organization to teach immigrants how to jump the walls that separate them from other worlds. This is a story that takes place in a dystopian universe, in the not too distant future, when huge waves of human migration are shaking the planet. In this context, N'Dugu is confronted with himself and his fears.