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Jean Gentil

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Dominican Republic, Mexico, Germany · 2012
1h 24m
Director Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán
Starring Jean Remy Genty, Yanmarco King Encarnación, Paul Henri Presumé, Nadal Walcott
Genre Drama

Jean Remy is a Haitian man struggling to find employment in Dominican Republic. Confronted with rejection and discrimination in the city, he sets off to try his luck in the countryside. Imbued with a naturalistic grace, this deeply sympathetic portrait speaks eloquently to the trials of humanity.

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Variety by

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.

80

Time Out by David Fear

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.

88

Slant Magazine by Diego Semerene

Filmmakers Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas have crafted a beautiful tale of alienation, solitude, and existential anxiety.

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The New York Times by Rachel Saltz

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.

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