Bestia de Cardo (2014)

Directed by

Virginia Sánchez Navarro

Genre

drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in the Dominican Republic confronts her past and present in a tense family drama. The story explores her relationships and the secrets that bind them.

melancholicvisually lushslow-burnhauntingcontemplativeintimateatmosphericsomber

What happens

Bestia de Cardo (English title: Beast of Cardo) is a feature film written by, directed, and starring the actress/filmmaker Virginia Sánchez Navarro. The film was shot in 2013 in the Dominican Republic and production was finished in 2014. The cast includes Navarro and the Mexican actors Angélica Aragón (The Crime of Father Amaro, A Walk in the Clouds) and Jorge Luis Moreno (Criósfera, Niñas Mal, El Estudiante) and the Dominican actors Cheddy García, Karina Noble, Héctor Then, Sara Jorge, Mario Peguero, Christian Alvarez and Johnnie Mercedes. The film was funded through the Dominican Film Law which attracts private investment into the local film industry. In 2015, the film was screened at the Cinequest Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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