Sugar Island © Carlos Rodríguez
Director
Johanné Gómez Terrero
Screenplay
Johanné Gómez Terrero, María Abenia
Cinematography
Álván Prado
Editing
Raúl Barreras
Music
Jonay Armas
Sound
Homer Mora
Producer
Fernando Santos, David Baute
Production
Guasábara [DO], Tinglado Films [ES]
Cast
Yelidá Díaz, Juan María Almonte, Ruth Emeterio, Génesis Piñeyro, Diógenes Medina
Synopsis
Makenya is a young woman working in the sugar plantations of the Caribbean in the Dominican Republic. While her friends dream of leaving the country, she feels a deep connection to her land and her roots. But everything changes when she becomes pregnant. Rejected by her family, she is forced to look for new jobs, and to start a personal journey that will lead her to discover an ancestral and mystical universe that envelops the island.
Format
DCP, Color
World Sales-Distribution
Patra Spanou Film - Pleamar Films
Filmography
Johanné Gómez Terrero
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (1985)
FILMOGRAPHY:
2024 SUGAR ISLAND
2016 CARIBBEAN FANTASY
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (1985)
FILMOGRAPHY:
2024 SUGAR ISLAND
2016 CARIBBEAN FANTASY
Festivals
Venice, London, São Paulo, Thessaloniki, Málaga
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