Rose, tulip and petunia 

a film by Rokhaya Marieme Balde 

Rose, tulip and petunia

A film by Rokhaya Marieme Balde

  • 2025
  • France, Switzerland
  • 31 minutes
  • VO French

Rokhaya, a young filmmaker, invites four friends to create a musical crime comedy together. This cheerful team then dreams up the quirky adventure of four rookie investigators working on the murder of two lovers. But who could have killed John and Lisa?

 

FESTIVALS

World Premiere: FIFIB (Bordeaux International Independant Film Festival)

credits

With
Délia Krayenbühl
Davide Brancato
Bast Hippocrate
Sonia Bonny
 
Directed by
Rokhaya Marieme Balde
 
Screenplay 
Rokhaya Marieme Balde
Laure Bourdon Zarader
 
Director of photography
Augustin Losserand
 
Editing
David Nguyen
Clara Saunier
 
Music 
Mathilde Poymiro
Voyou
 
First Assistant Director
Jeanne Betun
 
Choreographer 
Muhammed Kaltuk
 
Sound
Alix Clément
 
Art director
Margaux Remaury
 
Costumes
Sarah Bounab
 
Hair and makeup
Marine Soulié
 
Producers 
Nicolas Wittwer
Mathilde Delaunay
Elena Tatti
 
Production
Box Productions
Barberousse Films

director’s biography 

Born in 1995 in Dakar (Senegal). She began her studies at Sup Imax Dakar (Institut Supérieur des Arts et Métiers du Numérique) in 2017. After a year of study of international business management in China and a semester of political science at the University of Montreal, she completes her Bachelor’s degree in filmmaking at the HEAD of Geneva (Haute école d’art et de design) in 2020. She finished her Master’s degree in screenwriting at ECAL/HEAD in 2022.