Cine club

🗓 Date: April 18
🕖 Time: 6:30 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 :