El Blanco

(El Blanco)
Alejandro Andújar | Drama, Fiction

2021 | 102 minutes | Dominican Republic

Genesis has been forced into marriage with a white foreigner known as El Blanco "to improve her race", but finds herself unable to get pregnant.

Synopsis

In a rural corner of the Dominican Republic, the story of Genesis — a peasant woman who is offered by her father to marry Sandro, known as El Blanco, to "improve her race"— takes place. Her dream of a happy and peaceful life is interrupted by two unforeseen events: the impossibility of getting pregnant and the arrival of her estranged sister, Mariella, who unleashes a storm.

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Main credits

Andújar, Alejandro (screenwriter)
Andújar, Alejandro (film director)
Encarnación, Carolina (film producer)
D’Alessandro, Ettore (film producer)
D’Alessandro, Ettore (actor)
Muñoz, Rafael Elías (film producer)
Rodríguez, Judith (actor)
Valdez, Karina (actor)
Mercedes, Gerardo (actor)

Other credits

Cinematographer, PJ López; editing, Pablo Chea, Israel Cárdenas; music, Andrea Monorchio.


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Keywords
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Festivals

Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Alejandro Andújar

NATIONALITY: Dominican Republic

YEAR: 2021

GENRE: Drama, Fiction

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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