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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary An older European woman becomes enchanted with a young Dominican woman who must struggle to make ends meet. Love brings a flow of entanglements in a drama which unfolds like palm trees in an irresistible storm.

Directed By: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán

Written By: Jean-Noël Pancrazi, Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 24 m

Sand Dollars

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary An older European woman becomes enchanted with a young Dominican woman who must struggle to make ends meet. Love brings a flow of entanglements in a drama which unfolds like palm trees in an irresistible storm.

Directed By: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán

Written By: Jean-Noël Pancrazi, Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán

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90
Nov 5, 2015
Ms. Chaplin, in one of her most touching screen performances, imbues Anne with a world-weary melancholy that makes your heart sink.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 10, 2015
Guzmán and Cárdenas present this tropical island as both Anne's romantic refuge and Noelí's exploitative landscape, a beautiful, enchanting — and realistic — Eden where snakes are merely snakes.
By Serena Donadoni FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 5, 2015
Chaplin’s performance is characterized by a lack of vanity and an almost magical combination of empathy and pathos.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 3, 2015
It respects and plumbs the feelings of all three main characters while surfacing the economic, ethnic, cultural, and gender power imbalances in their relationships.
By Elise Nakhnikian FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 12, 2015
Sand Dollars has an assured, light touch.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 5, 2015
Playing out against a dreamy Caribbean backdrop, Sand Dollars is indeed about dreams, unpicking those of a gracefully aging lady and her young lover with a trembling delicacy and attentiveness.
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Production Company Aurora Dominicana, Canana Films, Rei Cine
Release Date Nov 6, 2015
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://watch.fearless.li/programs/sand-dollars
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Awards

Ariel Awards, Mexico
• 3 Nominations
La Silla
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Nashville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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