
A Haitian man who recently lost his job as a French teacher begins a desperate search for work in Santo Domingo.... (Full plot summary below)
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A Haitian man who recently lost his job as a French teacher begins a desperate search for work in Santo Domingo.
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| Slant MagazineDiego SemereneFilmmakers Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas have crafted a beautiful tale of alienation, solitude, and existential anxiety. |
| Seattle TimesTom KeoghA mesmerizing, beautiful drama, "Jean Gentil" is the rare film that teaches one to see. |
| Village VoiceMark HolcombAlthough it's steeped in tragedies both personal and cultural, this contemplative, gorgeously shot documentary-fiction hybrid from husband-and-wife auteurs Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán nevertheless keeps an unsentimental distance from its titular saint-savant and the existential crisis he endures. |
| Time OutDavid FearJean 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. |
| VarietyBoyd van HoeijThe 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. |
| The New York TimesRachel SaltzThe 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. |