Raoul Peck's Movie 'Murder in Pacot' Premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival

Raoul Peck's new film 'Murder in Pacot' made its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival Friday, 05 September, in the masters section...

Murder in Pacot Movie - Still Photo
Murder in Pacot Movie - Still Photo

Also read: First Trailer of Raoul Peck's Made in Haiti Movie 'Murder in Pacot' Released

About the movie...

Barely a couple of days after the earthquake destroys most of their villa, a man (Alex Descas) and his wife (Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin) are visited by a team of foreign surveyors and given an ultimatum: fix it entirely in a few weeks, or it will be razed to the ground.

The newly penniless couple rent the habitable part of the villa to Alex (Thibault Vinçon) -- a relief worker who benefits from the high remuneration granted to foreign humanitarian personnel in Haiti -- in order to put his rent payments towards repairs.

To their surprise, their new tenant also comes with a Haitian girlfriend, Andrémise (Lovely Kermonde Fifi), a sassy and enterprising young woman who has renamed herself Jennifer to attract foreign suitors in Port-au-Prince.

As the ground rumbles with aftershocks, the once-privileged couple, now destitute and helpless, comes for the first time face-to-face with the stark contradictions of Haitian society.

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