Kidnapping Inc.
Directed by Bruno Mourral
Official selection
Sundance Film Festival 2024
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 2024
Director
Bruno Mourral
Producer
Samuel Chauvin, Bruno Mourral, Yanick Létourneau, Gilbert Mirambeau Jr., Gaëthan Chancy
Writer
Jasmuel Andri, Bruno Mourral, Gilbert Mirambeau Jr.
Cast
Jasmuel Andri, Rolaphton Mercure, Anabel Lopez, Ashley Laraque, Gessica Généus, Patrick Joseph, Manfred Marcelin, Marcus Boereau
contact
Filmoption International Inc
“It’s not often that a buddy comedy successfully addresses the rampant corruption and inequalities present in Haitian society while delivering a wildly entertaining ride to the finish line”– Louisa Moore, SCREEN ZEALOTS
With Benjamin Perralt Jr. (Patrick Joseph) in their trunk, kidnappers Doc (Jasmuel Andri) and Zoe (Rolaphton Mercure) have just one job. They must hold him for ransom since his father, Senator Benjamin Perralt Sr. (Ashley Laraque), is a candidate for Haiti’s presidential election. When an offhand mistake leaves Ben Jr. for dead, a series of events finds them scrambling to cover up the crime, adding another kidnapping to their list, witnessing a birth, and gripped by a need to escape it all. This wild ride doesn’t just stay on the streets—it carries into backroom deals with Senator Perralt, his son’s wife Audrey (Anabel Lopez), her lover Eddy (Marcus Boereau), and the police. What starts as an easy gig for small-time criminals explodes into slapstick mayhem and a political drama with a plot that twists and turns like the streets of Port-au-Prince.
Grit and day-glo colours of the Caribbean propel director Bruno Mourral’s pastiche of your favourite crime capers and real-life events (his crew was kidnapped while making the film), creating something unique to represent this troubled nation's societal trials, with classism, colourism, and corruption touching every segment of society. In KIDNAPPING INC., Mourral presents these issues in a snappy, brutally comedic debut feature, centring around the most prominent crime in Haiti. A committed ensemble cast headed by leads Mercure and Andri, who co-wrote the film with Mourral and Gilbert Mirambeau Jr., gives us plenty of reasons to contemplate the fate of a people facing daily adversity and danger. – Carolyn Mauricette
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