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  • 2012
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2012
  • 1 h 24 m
Jean Gentil

Summary A morning at Santo Domingo begins for Jean, a middle-aged Haitian professor on an increasingly desperate journey to find his place in the world or a reason to live. The man disappears into the reality that surrounds him. The bloom of the island’s landscape can’t hide the worries of its inhabitants. (Aurora Dominicana)

Directed By: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán

Written By: Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas

  • 2012
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2012
  • 1 h 24 m

Jean Gentil

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary A morning at Santo Domingo begins for Jean, a middle-aged Haitian professor on an increasingly desperate journey to find his place in the world or a reason to live. The man disappears into the reality that surrounds him. The bloom of the island’s landscape can’t hide the worries of its inhabitants. (Aurora Dominicana)

Directed By: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán

Written By: Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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88
Apr 22, 2012
Filmmakers Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas have crafted a beautiful tale of alienation, solitude, and existential anxiety.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 17, 2012
Although it's steeped in tragedies both personal and cultural, this contemplative, gorgeously shot documentary-fiction hybrid from husband-and-wife auteurs Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán nevertheless keeps an unsentimental distance from its titular saint-savant and the existential crisis he endures.
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Apr 17, 2012
Jean Gentil shares a certain searching quality that marked the best of Bresson's films - and for once, the inevitable analogy with his work seems appropriate.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 17, 2012
The relentlessly dour picture traces the slow voyage into oblivion of a talented immigrant looking for his place in a world that thinks it doesn't need him.
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Apr 19, 2012
The filmmakers have no patience for details, either basic or telling. Their elliptical method starts to seem lazy, and Jean's plight, a journey from bad to bad, starts to seem a stacked deck. Through it all Mr. Genty holds your attention with his sober dignity. Too bad the filmmakers frequently let that slip into pathos.
By Rachel Saltz FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Aurora Dominicana, Bärbel Mauch Film, Canana Films, Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV), Hubert Bals Fund, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Lanza del Norte, Locarno International Film Festival, Open Doors Factory, Panamericana de Producciones, Programa Ibermedia, Visions Sud Est, World Cinema Fund
Release Date Apr 20, 2012
Duration 1 h 24 m
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Awards

Lima Latin American Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Miami Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Jeonju Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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