Completed - CREOLE, SPANISH - Drama, First film, Social issues - 80 minutes
A Haitian immigrant living in Chile has his precariously balanced life disrupted in a series of unexpected events that stoke a large anti-immigration sentiment in the city.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Juan CACERES Writer(s) : Juan CACERES Cast : Steevens BENJAMIN, Alfredo CASTRO, Blanca LEWIN, Gaston SALGADO, Junior VALCIN, Erto PANTOJA, Daniel ANTIVILO Producer(s) : Alejandro UGARTE (INFRACTOR FILMS), Esteban SANDOVAL (PEJEPERRO FILMS)
Steevens is a young Haitian living an uneasy but somewhat stable life in Santiago de Chile. This precariously balanced life is disrupted when Junior, a childhood friend, arrives illegally in Chile seeking assistance to establish himself. Initially, Steevens does everything to support his friend and even gets him a job with his employer, but an incident at their workplace erupts racial tensions and stokes a large anti-immigration sentiment in the city. Steveens loses his working documents and his home, and is left to wander the city looking for a chance to restart his life beyond the margins of society.PLOT KEYWORDSMigration | Race & ethnicity | Social justice | Human & civil rights | Labor issues | Chile | Haiti | Caribbean | Black studies | First Film
Country(ies) : CHILE
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Ventana Sur 2019Guadalajara FICG 2019 (IberoAmerican Competition/ FEISAL Special Mention)Festival de Malaga 2019 (ZonaZine/Best Ibero Film/Best Actor/Audience award)Miami IFF 2019 (IberoAmericanCompetition)FICCI Cartagena 2019 (Muestra AFRO)Toulouse (ARCALT) 2019 (Official Competition / Special Jury mention to actor)