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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.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Slant Magazine by Elise Nakhnikian
It respects and plumbs the feelings of all three main characters while surfacing the economic, ethnic, cultural, and gender power imbalances in their relationships.
80
Chaplin’s performance is characterized by a lack of vanity and an almost magical combination of empathy and pathos.
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Los Angeles Times by Katie Walsh
Sand Dollars has an assured, light touch.
80
Village Voice by Serena Donadoni
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.
90
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Ms. Chaplin, in one of her most touching screen performances, imbues Anne with a world-weary melancholy that makes your heart sink.