Jean Remy is a Haitian man struggling to find employment in Dominican Republic. Confronted with rejection and discrimination in the city, he sets off to try his luck in the countryside. Imbued with a naturalistic grace, this deeply sympathetic portrait speaks eloquently to the trials of humanity.
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Jean Remy Genty
Jean Remy (Jean Gentil)
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Israel Cárdenas
Sylvia Conde
Paul Henri Presumé
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Laura Amelia Guzmán
Pablo Cruz Guerrero
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Lys Ambroise
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Eduardo Guzmán
Israel Cárdenas Director · Laura Amelia Guzmán Director
United States release April 20, 2012 · Produced in Dominican Republic, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Switzerland · Languages Cree, English, Spanish
Production
EICTV
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Canana
Production
Bärbel Mauch Film
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Aurora Dominicana
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Hubert Bals Fund
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Visions Sud Est
Production
World Cinema Fund
Production
Programa Ibermedia
Production
Panamericana de Producciones
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Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV)
Production
Canana Films
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Dominican Republic · Germany · Mexico · Netherlands · Switzerland
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Languages
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Cree · English · Spanish
Release dates
Italy · September 4, 2010
Premiere
United States · April 20, 2012
Theatrical
France
November 27, 2010 · Nantes Festival of 3 Continents
Greece
December 10, 2010 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Mexico
October 7, 2011 · limited
Poland
July 27, 2011 · New Horizons Film Festival
Sweden
January 31, 2011 · Göteborg International Film Festival
Uruguay
April 22, 2011 · Festival Internacional de Cine del Uruguay
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