The Soiled Doves of Tijuana
by Jean-Charles Hue
World Premiere
Out of Competition 2022
Official synopsis
I’ve been going to Tijuana regularly for more than 15 years now and every time I go, I come across the ghostly silhouettes of the women who haunt this place. I call them “white ladies”.
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The programmer’s eye
A breathtaking sense of graphics imbues the new film by Jean-Charles Hue; a religious power completes it and halos each of its characters, as if to dezone them. At the crossroads of these two abstractions, physics dominates – in the streets of Tijuana, women are shown in all the reality of their body and condition, under the influence of precariousness and addictions. Because it is attentive, a cardinal virtue of his cinema, the filmmaker's staging activates the project contained in the writing: infusing faith in the street.
Pierre Guidez
Biography and Filmography
Jean-Charles Hue notably directed “The Lord’s Ride” (2010) and “Eat Your Bones” (2014), a film that won the Jean Vigo Prize and the France Culture Prize. In parallel with his French films, he has been working on the city of Tijuana for several years through different forms: a short film with “Tijuana Tales” (2017), a feature film with “Tijuana Bible” (2019) or a documentary with “Topo y Wera” (2018). “The Soiled Doves of Tijuana” (2022) is the last film shot on location. He’s currently preparing his next feature, “Sang craché des lèvres belles”, which will be shot in the Pyrenees in early 2023.
2022 : THE SOILED DOVES OF TIJUANA - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
2019 : TIJUANA BIBLE - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
2018 : TOPO Y WERA (SHORT) - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
2017 : TIJUANA TALES (SHORT) - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
2014 : MANGE TES MORTS - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
2010 : LA BM DU SEIGNEUR - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
2009 : CARNE VIVA - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
Jean-Charles Hue
Yolanda Mesa Garcia
THE DARK
Nino Hue
by Jean-Charles Hue
Jean-Charles Hue notably directed “The Lord’s Ride” (2010) and “Eat Your Bones” (2014), a film that won the Jean Vigo Prize and the France Culture Prize. In parallel with his French films, he has been working on the city of Tijuana for several years through different forms: a short film with “Tijuana Tales” (2017), a feature film with “Tijuana Bible” (2019) or a documentary with “Topo y Wera” (2018). “The Soiled Doves of Tijuana” (2022) is the last film shot on location. He’s currently preparing his next feature, “Sang craché des lèvres belles”, which will be shot in the Pyrenees in early 2023.
2022 : THE SOILED DOVES OF TIJUANA - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
2019 : TIJUANA BIBLE - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
2018 : TOPO Y WERA (SHORT) - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
2017 : TIJUANA TALES (SHORT) - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
2014 : MANGE TES MORTS - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
2010 : LA BM DU SEIGNEUR - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter
2009 : CARNE VIVA - Jean-Charles Hue - Director and Screenwriter