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Murder in Pacot
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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

Alex Descas

L'homme

Alex Descas

Lovely Kermonde Fifi

Andrémise / Jennifer

Lovely Kermonde Fifi

Ayo

La femme

Ayo

Thibault Vinçon

Alex

Thibault Vinçon

Albert Moleón

Joseph

Albert Moleón

Zinedine Soualem

Leonetti

Zinedine Soualem

Max Kenol

the Driver

Max Kenol

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