Mountains
World Premiere

Mountains

US Narrative Competition
Feature | United States | 95 MINUTES | Creole, English, Spanish | English subtitles
Drama

Xavier Sr. works in demolition and dreams of buying a new house for his wife Esperance, who works as a seamstress. They are Haitian immigrants living in Miami, and deeply entwined with their local community, participating in street parades, communions, and games of dominoes. Their adult son Xavier Jr., on the other hand, is a college dropout who has had to move back home. While his parents speak Creole, Junior predominantly responds in English, reflecting his wish to fit into his chosen society. Even so, he mines his Haitian background for material for a nightly stand-up routine that he keeps secret. 


Different generational experiences are sensitively portrayed in Monica Sorelle’s visually arresting feature debut, which paints a loving portrait of a community being slowly chipped away by gentrification. Xavier Sr. is acutely aware of what his job really means but is trapped by circumstance, whereas Junior struggles to find a place for himself in not one but two communities, all the while dealing with his father's mountain of expectations.––Casey Baron


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Monica Sorelle
Director
Monica Sorelle
Producer
Robert Colom
Screenwriter
Monica Sorelle, Robert Colom
Cinematographer
Javier Labrador Deulofeu
Editor
Jonathan Cuartas
Composer
Dyani Douze
Production Designer
Helen Peña
Executive Producer
Rhianon Jones & Tristan Scott-Behrends
Cast
Atibon Nazaire, Sheila Anozier, Chris Renois

Contacts
Press Contact
Emma Myers
Fusion Entertainment
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: 917 499 3339
emma@fusion-entertainment.com
US Sales Contact
Marissa Frobes
CAA Media Finance
Phone: 424-288-2000
FilmSales@CAA.com
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