Through Your Eyes
Directed by Brigitte Poupart2026 1h 31mDocumentary
In an effort to understand where she came from, Fabiola asked a question that became the central phrase of the film: what would my life have been like if I'd stayed in Haiti? Taking as her starting point her biological mother's precarious economic situation, she had no choice but to entrust her daughter to her care. Fabiola could have ended up restavek, or in a loving foster family, or on the streets abandoned to her fate, or adopted abroad.
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Through Your Eyes was released on February 6, 2026.
Through Your Eyes was directed by Brigitte Poupart.
Through Your Eyes has a runtime of 1h 31m.
Through Your Eyes was produced by Anne-Marie Gélinas.
In an effort to understand where she came from, Fabiola asked a question that became the central phrase of the film: what would my life have been like if I'd stayed in Haiti? Taking as her starting point her biological mother's precarious economic situation, she had no choice but to entrust her daughter to her care. Fabiola could have ended up restavek, or in a loving foster family, or on the streets abandoned to her fate, or adopted abroad.
The key characters in Through Your Eyes are Self (Brigitte Poupart), Self (Fabiola Pierre Monty).
Through Your Eyes is a Documentary film.