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      Jean Gentil

      2010 Drama List
      80% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 78% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings A recently fired Haitian French teacher in Santo Domingo searches for a new job. Read More Read Less

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      Tom Keogh Seattle Times A mesmerizing, beautiful drama, "Jean Gentil" is the rare film that teaches one to see. Rated: 4/4 Apr 26, 2012 Full Review Diego Semerene Slant Magazine Filmmakers Laura Amelia Guzmn and Israel Crdenas have crafted a beautiful tale of alienation, solitude, and existential anxiety. Rated: 3.5/4 Apr 21, 2012 Full Review Rachel Saltz New York Times 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. Rated: 2.5/5 Apr 19, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Can we get a little story here? A few weeks (days? months? years?) in the life of a man who becomes jobless and homeless and sets out from the city down jungle roads in search of both employment and a home and life. He meets and interacts with some people. They are kind to him. He does a little work along the way. He has (apparently persistent?) headaches and asks God to relieve them. God does, though perhaps not in the hoped for way. Little effort is made to form the scenes into a story. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A recently fired Haitian French teacher in Santo Domingo searches for a new job.
      Director
      Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán
      Screenwriter
      Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Spanish