Jean Gentil
Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas
Dominican Republic/Mexico/Germany, Drama, 2010
84 min, 35mm, Color
Spanish/Haitian Creole with English subtitles
Jean, a middle-aged Haitian professor, is always on the move looking for work. Although a job on a building site is a possible option for the unemployed Haitian, Jean is looking for something more suited to the intellectual he considers himself to be. Feeling more and more unfulfilled with his prospects, he finds himself on an increasingly desperate journey to find his place in the world, or even a reason to live. He disappears into the interior of the island as both a lost soul and soul lost amongst his surroundings.
Texas Premiere
Laura Amelia Guzmán, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1980, is a graduate of Altos de Chavón/The School of Design and EICTV. She and husband, Israel Cárdenas Ramírez, born in Monterrey, Mexico in 1980, also co-directed the award-winning Cochochi.
Producer: Pablo Cruz, Barbel Mauch, Israel Cardenas, Laura A. Guzman
Production Companies: Aurora Dominicana, Canana Films, Bärbel Mauch Film
Screenwriter: Laura A. Guzman, Israel Cardenas, Alejandro Andujar
Cinematographer: Israel Cardenas, Laura A. Guzman
Editor: Israel Cardenas
Sound Design: Alejandro de Icaza, Ruben Valdez
Cast: Jean Remy Genty, Yanmarco King Encarnacion, Henri Presumé, Nadal Walcott, Lys Ambroise
Print Source: Liz Miller - Premier PR,
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