Year 2011 Video Release 2015-05-05 Studio Kino Lorber Genre Drama MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 78 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis Elza is a riveting, deeply personal story about the emotional journey of a young Parisian woman returning home to her native island of Guadeloupe. Bernadette Mariette Monpierre has tried hard to give her daughter everything. She is thrilled when Elza Stana Roumillac , the first college graduate in the family, completes her master's degree. But Elza breaks her mother's heart by running off to Guadeloupe in search of a distant childhood memory the father she barely remembers. Based on director Mariette Monpierre's own life experience, this feature debut captures the passion and contradictions of a family in transition while offering a rare insider's view of Caribbean culture. Monpierre's critically acclaimed debut feature is gorgeously shot on the island of Guadeloupe, and is a moving, universal story on the fragile bonds of family. Director Mariette Monpierre Cast Mariette Monpierre; Christophe Cherki; Stana Roumillac; Vincent Byrd Le Sage