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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Pragda subjects
Afro-Latin Studies
Culture + Identity
Family
Latin American Studies
Race + Ethnicity
Sociology
Women
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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
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