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An intelligent man struggles to make ends meet in a hostile environment in this drama from writers and directors Laura Amelia Guzman and Israel Cardenas. Jean (Jean Remy Genty) was born in Haiti, and in his homeland he had a successful career as an accountant and was fluent in four languages. However, fate has exiled him to the Dominican Republic, where he's treated as a second class citizen and just another of the thousands of immigrants who have flooded into Santo Domingo. Jean still has his pride and he struggles to maintain his dignity, but he leads a hand-to-mouth existence, with no regular job, no home and no prospects, despite his education. Tried of the humiliations of city life, Jean retreats to the country, but his new surroundings only confront him with a new set of challenges and frustrations. Jean Gentile won a prize for Guzman and Cardenas's screenplay at the 2011 Miami Film Festival.