France and Haiti / 2019 / 29mins / Drama / Haitian Creole

Three generations in a Haitian family of men are preoccupied with their individual hopes and struggles. As they each forge their own paths under the burning sun, they’re linked by the wielding of the machete, their everyday tool used for everything from preparing food, to sacred ceremonies and physical protection. At nightfall, what happens when dreams and frustrations collide?

Matthieu Maunier-Rossi

Matthieu Maunier-Rossi is a screenwriter and director, living and working in Paris, France. Geography and travels are at the core of all his projects. From 2014 to 2017, he traveled across the Caribbean, looking for new stories. His journey became a book Les îles buissonnières, Ed. Rudbeckias (2018). After over a year spent in Haiti working with NGOs, he went back to the island during the summer of 2018 to direct Three Blades. Learn More