Murder in Pacot

Sep 5, 2014

2h 10m

★ 3.9

Overview

In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, a middle-aged Port-au-Prince couple come face to face with the stark contradictions of Haitian society when they are forced to rent out their villa to a foreign aid worker and his enterprising local girlfriend.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Velvet Film

Figuier Production

Ape&Bjørn

ARTE France Cinéma

CNC

Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement International

Institut Français

Sørfond

Producciones Testimonio S.A.

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Cast

L'homme

Alex Descas

Andrémise / Jennifer

Lovely Kermonde Fifi

La femme

Ayo

Alex

Thibault Vinçon

Joseph

Albert Moleón

Leonetti

Zinedine Soualem

the Driver

Max Kenol

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