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Director: Laura Amelia Guzmán
Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Yanet Mojica, Ricardo Ariel Toribio, Ramón Cordero
Every afternoon Noelí, a young Dominican woman, hangs out on the beach at Las Terrenas. With her boyfriend, Yeremi, they look for ways to make a living at the expense of one of the hundreds of tourists there. However Noelí also has a steady client, Anne, a much older French woman, who, like many other Europeans, has found an idyllic refuge on the island to spend her last years. For Noelí, the relationship is one of convenience, but the feelings become more intense as they plan to leave together for Paris.
Why you might like this:
Fans of thought-provoking, character-driven dramas will be drawn into the nuanced performances and intimate exploration of the relationship between a young Dominican woman and her older French client in director Laura Amelia Guzmán's 2015 film Sand Dollars.
Sand Dollars is a 2014 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. In 2016, director Laura Amelia Guzmán announced she was working on a sequel called Noelí Overseas.
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