Cine- Club: Borgo / The Wrong Place

🗓 Date: April 18
🕖 Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Indoor Screening at 1519 Jackson Avenue

About the Film

Title: Borgo
Director: Stéphane Demoustier
Year: 2023
Duration: 1h52
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Language: French
Subtitles: English

Cast: 

• Hafsia Herzi as Mélissa Dahleb
  
• Moussa Mansaly as Djibril
  
• Louis Memmi as Saveriu
  
• Michel Fau as the Police Commissioner
  
• Pablo Pauly as the Brigadier
  
• Florence Loiret Caille as the Prison Director

“Borgo” is a French drama film directed by Stéphane Demoustier and released in 2023. The film is based on a real-life incident that occurred in 2017 at Bastia-Poretta airport, involving a female prison guard in a double murder.

Synopsis :
Mélissa, 32, is an experienced prison guard who moves to Corsica with her husband Djibril and their two young children to start a new life. She joins the team at the Borgo penitentiary center, where inmates benefit from an open regime, allowing them a degree of autonomy. Mélissa befriends Saveriu, an influential young inmate, who helps her solve some personal problems. However, once released, Saveriu asks Mélissa for a favor, placing her in a delicate and dangerous situation

Production: The shoot took place mainly in and around Ajaccio, South Corsica, as well as in the former prison in Compiègne, in the Oise region.

Distinctions :

• Reims Polar 2024 : Jury Prize
• César 2025 : Best actress for Hafsia Herzi
• César 2025 : Nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Stéphane Demoustier

Trailer: You can watch the trailer here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1xDK36TOWs