Blue Heart
TITLE
Blue Heart
DIRECTOR
Samuel Suffren
COUNTRY
Haiti, France
YEAR
2025
DURATION
15′
GENRE
Fiction
Blue Heart
Their loving son is away. Marianne and Petion are living in Haiti with a telephone, waiting for a call from the USA, where their son has left for the American dream.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Samuel Suffren
Samuel Suffren is a Haitian director and pro- ducer. He is making a trilogy of short films inspired by the story of his father. The first film, “Agwe” (2022), was selected at Locarno and won the Best Diaspora Film at FESPA- CO. “Dreams Like Paper Boats” (2024) is the second film, which premiered at the Sun- dance Film Festival. “Blue Heart” (2025), the final part, is presented at Cannes (Quinzaine des réalisateurs). Samuel is currently working on his first feature documentary, Lòtbò, and is also developing a feature fiction film, “Je m’appelle Nina Shakira”.
- DirectorSamuel Suffren
- ScreenplaySamuel Suffren
- CinematographySamuel Suffren
- CastMarie Diana, Arnold Joseph, Samuel Suffren
- EditingSamuel Suffren
- Producer/s Samuel Suffren
- Production Company
- Distributor/sSquare Eyes
- Project TitleBlue Heart
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originHaiti, France
- Country of filmingHaiti, France
- LanguageHaitian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Samuel Suffren
Samuel Suffren is a Haitian director and pro- ducer. He is making a trilogy of short films inspired by the story of his father. The first film, “Agwe” (2022), was selected at Locarno and won the Best Diaspora Film at FESPA- CO. “Dreams Like Paper Boats” (2024) is the second film, which premiered at the Sun- dance Film Festival. “Blue Heart” (2025), the final part, is presented at Cannes (Quinzaine des réalisateurs). Samuel is currently working on his first feature documentary, Lòtbò, and is also developing a feature fiction film, “Je m’appelle Nina Shakira”.
