Last year’s winner of the Audience Award for Narrative Feature Film at the Miami International Film Festival, Cabal’s (“Woodpeckers”, “The Projectionist”) new film takes place during the infamous 1937 massacre of Haitians ordered by Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. Marie, a Haitian woman expecting her first child with Dominican husband Frank, is forced into hiding when her village is attacked by the armed forces. She seeks refuge in the mountains, hoping that she will not turn into another victim of this brutal racist attack.
Parsley
Director
José María Cabral
Year
Dominican Republic
Duration
1hr 25m