
Cocote is the story of Alberto, a garden worker who returns to his native town to attend the funeral of his father, murdered by a police. He finds himself attending religious services against his will. The story takes viewers to experience AfroAntillean spirituality and Dominican religious syncretism, bringing about reflects of intrinsic aspects of Dominican culture. In the film, the starring roles are by: Vicente Santos, Judith Rodríguez, Yuberbi de la Rosa, Pepe Sierra, Jo... (Full plot summary below)
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Cocote is the story of Alberto, a garden worker who returns to his native town to attend the funeral of his father, murdered by a police. He finds himself attending religious services against his will. The story takes viewers to experience AfroAntillean spirituality and Dominican religious syncretism, bringing about reflects of intrinsic aspects of Dominican culture. In the film, the starring roles are by: Vicente Santos, Judith Rodríguez, Yuberbi de la Rosa, Pepe Sierra, José Miguel Fernández, Ricardo Ariel Toribio, Isabel Spencer and Enerolisa Núñez (Salve singer).
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| The PlaylistBradley WarrenNelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias' fiction-feature debut is truly emblematic of the blurring of genres and forms at cinema's front lines. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJust when Alberto's situation begins to feel palpably fraught, the filmmaker's aesthetics pull you away when they should deepen the crisis. |
| Otroscines.comDiego BatlleNelson Carlo de los Santos Arias builds a film with a tragicomic spirit, which deals with extreme problems without falling into solemnity, even managing a surprising dose of black humor and absurdity. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| GuardianPeter BradshawThere is a palpable, intentional artistry in it - though its one that makes the film challengingly opaque. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanIt's not a problem that "Cocote" is a fevered art film, but the movie is slipshod arty - a lurching, fragmentary tone poem that relies on too much patching together in the editing room. |
| The Daily BeastNick SchagerCocote is as clear as day and as bewildering as a nightmare, as chaotic as a whirlwind and as calm as the Caribbean Sea. |
| EscribiendoCineJuan Pablo RussoA kind of induced documentary that mixes fiction with reality, showing a different country from what can be seen in any tourist catalog... [Full Review in Spanish] |
| Slant MagazineKeith WatsonNelson Carlo de Los Santos's first fiction feature is a dazzling collage of styles and approaches in which every scene feels different from the one that came before. |
| Backseat MafiaRob AldamCocote is an enthralling film about religion, family and tradition which mixes cinéma vérité and gritty realism to produce a slippery hybrid |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsA story seeking coherence? Yes. That may be the point. The hero's own mind circles, dithers, perambulates. He's a Hamlet pondering the kill. |