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Completed - SPANISH - Historical, Drama - 91 minutes

Log Line

Guy, a Haitian boy escaping from poverty, witnesses the assassination of his parents while crossing the Dominican border. Years later, he confronts the murderers, entangled in a vortex of revenge, love and racial hate, with an uncertain future.

Previous markets

  • AFM 2019 (Premiere)
  • Ventana Sur 2019 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2020 (Line up)
  • Pre Cannes Screenings 2021 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Félix GERMÁN
Writer(s) : Félix GERMÁN
Cast : Algenis PEREZ SOTO, Dalisa ALEGRIA, Manny PEREZ

Producer(s) : Carlos GERMÁN (MAFE FILMS)

Synopsis

Guy, a Haitian boy escaping from poverty, witnesses the murder of his parents in the Dominican border. Taken in by a Haitian couple who adopt him, Guy grows up working in the country’s sugar cane fields. He wants to seek revenge on Abes, the man who murdered his parents. But the October 1937 military massacre of more than 30,000 Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent ordered by the dictator Rafael Trujillo forces Guy and newfound love Meuda to escape to Haiti in search of a new life.

Market status

  • CAN
    Screening on booth, Screening Requested

Production

Country(ies) : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Festivals and Awards

Ventana Sur 2019


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