Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011)

Directed by

Ian Harnarine

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

16 min

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young doubles vendor in Trinidad reunites with his estranged father who returns from Canada to share that he is dying. The film follows their strained interactions and the son's attempt to process the news.

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What happens

Doubles with Slight Pepper is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Ian Harnarine and released in 2011. The film stars Sanjiv Boodhu as Dhani, a young doubles vendor in Trinidad whose estranged father Ragbir (Errol Sitahal) returns from Toronto for the first time in many years to reveal that he is dying. A full-length feature expansion of the film, Doubles, was announced as receiving funding from Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch program in 2019, and premiered at the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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