![]() ![]() Grant, Jessica Greco, Gattlin Griffith, Bob Guccione Jr, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Earl Brown, Daniel Brühl, Sandra Bullock, Aaron Burns, Yury Bykov, Nicolas Cage, Sara Canning, Samantha Castillo, Rohan Chand, Jessica Chastain, Hannah Cheesman, Tiger Chen, Parineeti Chopra, Thomas Haden Church, Emilia Clarke, Glenn Close, Joe Cobden, Rory Cochrane, Emory Cohen, Toni Collette, Kerry Condon, Alice Cooper, James Cordon, Milhem Cortaz, Marion Cotillard,Ben Cotton, Jai Courtney, Nicolás Cristóbal Martínez Andrade, Mark Critch, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Laure de Clermont, Dane DeHaan, Alan Dershowitz, Kimke Desart, Sophie Desmarais, Emmanuelle Devos, Xavier Dolan, Jason Dugre, Rene Durian, Joel Edgerton, Zac Efron, Ryan Eggold, Jesse Eisenberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba,Akari Endo, Josh Ethier, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Tracey Fairaway, Dakota Fanning, Michael Fassbender, Tom Felton, Sky Ferreira, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Will Forte, Ben Foster, James Franco, Rupert Friend, Alejandro Furth, Sarah Gadon, Zach Galifianakis, Carla Gallo, Paulina García, Jennifer Garner, Julie Gayet, Sami Gayle, Cara Gee, Melissa George, Tavi Gevinson, Madalina Ghenea, Paul Giamatti, Karen Gillan, Aidan Gillen, Philip Glass, Brendan Gleeson, Shep Gordon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Richard E. Quinton Aaron, Amrita Acharia, Adrien Brody, Ignacia Allamand, Sarah Allen, Andres Almeida, Charlene Amoia, Jennifer Aniston, Magdalena Apanowicz, Fanny Ardant, Kay Armatage, Pilou Asbæk, Moran Atias, Adam Bakri, Liane Balaban, Jay Baruchel, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Beals, Maria Bello, Annette Bening, Tom Berenger, Demian Bichir, Valeria Bilello, Juliette Binoche, Macon Blair, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Fabricio Boliveira, Mark Boone Junior, John Boyega, Wayne Brady, Evelyne Brochu, Josh Brolin, Pierce Brosnan, W. While "Cristo Rey" could stand next to many Hollywood stories, and it brings out important ideas about the gradations of prejudice, it needs more space and commitment from some of its characters to give it the weight it strives to carry.The following guests are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival: There are also points where the action of the film comes across as contrived, including an impromptu musical jam on the streets of Cristo Rey that opens the movie, and a showdown between Janvier's machete-wielding mother and the colonel. Important tensions between the characters, including a rivalry between Janvier and his brother, as well as the love between Janvier and Jocelyn, aren't given the space and attention they need to carry the emotions they try to convey. ![]() "Cristo Rey" moves along with a developed plot and passable performances by its leads, with a strong supporting cast, but falls short in some regards. Pressured into El Bacá's service after his mother is deported to a post-apocalyptic-looking Port-au-Prince in Haiti, Janvier looks for a way to solve his problems and preserve his newfound love. It's within this fray that Janvier and Jocelyn, who is El Bacá's younger sister, spark an unlikely romance. ![]() Montilla's hunt for El Bacá plays an important role in the plot.Ī racial divide plays out in the movie, with lighter-skinned Dominicans castigating the darker Haitians. They contend with each other while squeezing the impoverished inhabitants of Cristo Rey. In Cristo Rey, a shantytown in Santo Domingo that the movie is named for, drug lord El Bacá (Leonardo Vasquez) and Colonel Montilla (Jalsen Santana), a corrupt police chief, reign supreme from opposite sides of the law. Janvier (James Saintil) is a kind and fit Haitian struggling to get by, while Jocelyn (Akari Endo), a beautiful Dominican with a talent for singing, has been told since she was young that a Haitian would kidnap her.ĭirector Leticia Tonos Paniagua brings a familiar story of love and prejudice but places it in a unique and compelling setting. Making its world premier at the Toronto International Film Festival in a press and industry screening Monday, "Cristo Rey" puts two star-crossed lovers on opposite sides of this divide. ![]() TORONTO-"Cristo Rey" brings out the shades of prejudice common on many Caribbean Islands with a look at the tensions plaguing Haitians that immigrate illegally to the richer side of the island they share with the Dominican Republic. ![]()
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