Punctured Hope is based on the true life story of a West African Trokosi slave, Belinda Siamey, who plays the leading role in the film.
Siamey was genitally mutilated and for years, sexually abused.
As a virgin girl, Siamey was enslaved to become a victim of the Trokosi custom practice. Trokosi is one of the widest spread forms of women slavery that exists today in the world.
The story takes place in today's Ghana. According to Trokosi custom, if someone commits a crime, traditional leaders order that a young girl from that family be sent to the shrine as a form of atonement.
The chief priest and his entourage genitally mutilate and sexually abuse the girl. Against all odds, the protagonist of the story escapes the shrine.
PUNCTURED HOPE portrays her life from the age of innocence to premature adulthood, against a backdrop of real and very animated African village life.
Daria Trifu*Producer, V.P. C.O.O.*Toronto Pictures, Inc.*Worldwide Mobile: (1) 647-296-3459*E: corporate@filmail.com
Distributor: Toronto Pictures A Company with a conscience
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Targeting a global audience, Toronto Pictures explores different cultures and addresses controversial issues of our time in a dramatic format. Toronto Pictures develops and releases Hollywood standard, 35 mm feature films that provoke thought, not violence.
Production Co.: Adhara Properties
Film Title: PUNCTURED HOPE - A STORY ABOUT TROKOSI AND YOUNG GIRLS' SLAVERY IN TODAY'S WEST AFRICA
(PUNCTURED HOPE is an Academy Awards® 2010 Qualified Feature Film for nomination consideration.)
Film Details: Feature Film; 35 mm; Color; English Language; 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Rating: NR
Tag Line: Rogue Black Magic violence against women in Africa in a non-graphic movie.
Director: Bruno Pischiutta
Maestro Bruno Pischiutta
Born in Udine, Italy in 1947, Bruno Pischiutta began his film career in the late 1960s as an actor in films by Francesco Rosi, Nanni Loy and Billy Wilder.
In 1975, Pishiutta founded the Centro Iniziative di Azione Culturale in Rome. He made his directorial debut in 1975 with COMPAGNE NUDE, and he moved to Canada in 1983.
Pishiutta's other films include ULTIMO INCONTRO A VENEZIA (1977), ISOLA MECCANICA (1978), THE COMOEDIA (1981), LIFE’S CHARADE (1987), MAYBE (2003).
Cast
Belinda Siamey (as Edinam)
Ruffy Samuel Quansah (as Amegatse)
Joyce Akagbo (as Tonye)
Fred Nii Amugi (as King Togbe)
Gavivina Tamakloe (as Chief Priest)
Producers: Daria Trifu; Bruno Pischiutta
Official Website: http://www.torontopicturescom
Film Clips/Trailer: http://www.youtubecom/TorontoPictures
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448093
Release Date: December 18, 2009
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