GERALDINE CHAPLIN DÓLARES DE ARENA A FILM BY LAURA AMELIA GUZMÁN ISRAEL CÁRDENAS

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1 GERALDINE CHAPLIN DÓLARES DE ARENA A FILM BY LAURA AMELIA GUZMÁN ISRAEL CÁRDENAS

2 PRODUCED BY: WITH THE SUPPORT OF: aurora dominicana

DIREC- TOR S NOTE Sand Dollars was born from our wish to portray a world full of contradictions, contradictions that go from parties and vacations, to love, betrayal, pleasure, morality and

3 DIREC- TOR S NOTE Sand Dollars was born from our wish to portray a world full of contradictions, contradictions that go from parties and vacations, to love, betrayal, pleasure, morality and loneliness. This is the world that emerges from the book Sand Dollars written by the French author, Jean-Noël Pancrazi; that world is, in a certain way, Samaná: the town where we previously filmed Jean Gentil, a place where Dominicans from the countryside coexist with other Dominicans from the capital and Haitians, and also with a group of Europeans that have lived there for years, some of them even considered as founders of this new life here. The film is a very free adaptation of the novel Les Dollars des Sables, using elements that contribute to create an atmosphere, Anne and Noeli s intimate world: an impossible relationship, concern for one another and loneliness. Anne is a migrant in the opposite direction, from France to the Dominican Republic, looking for pleasure, relaxation and to forget, instead of looking for work. And Noelí, a girl who has thoughtlessly been prostituting herself for a long time, who dreams of leaving the island and going somewhere in Europe to have a better future. Contradictions as having to pay for company, to pay to solve everyone s problems, the wish to belong, to be helpful and useful, and the impotence of not knowing how and to always feel like an outsider. Of assuming a place, a life or going after a distant illusion.

As people parade through her life, Noelí has a steady client, a mature French woman who, as time goes by, has found an ideal refuge on the island to spend her last years.

4 SYNOPSIS Every afternoon Noelí, a young Dominican girl, goes to the beaches at Las Terrenas. Along with her boyfriend, they look for ways to make a living at the expense of one of the hundreds of tourists that wander the beach. As people parade through her life, Noelí has a steady client, a mature French woman who, as time goes by, has found an ideal refuge on the island to spend her last years. Noelí s boyfriend feigns to be her brother and outlines a plan in which Noelí travels to Paris with the old lady and sends him money every month. For Noelí, the relationship with the old lady is one of convenience, but the feelings become more intense as the departure date closes in.

BIO LAURA AMELIA GUZMÁN ISRAEL CÁRDENAS Directors / Producers Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on May 7th 1980, Laura Amelia Guzmán graduated from Altos de Chavón / The School of Design,

After working in several features, she moves to Mexico.

5 BIO LAURA AMELIA GUZMÁN ISRAEL CÁRDENAS Directors / Producers Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on May 7th 1980, Laura Amelia Guzmán graduated from Altos de Chavón / The School of Design, where she studied fine arts and photography. After exhibiting in photography shows, she attended the International Film and Television School in Cuba, specializing in cinematography. After working in several features, she moves to Mexico. Since 2004, she has lived between Mexico and the Dominican Republic working with her husband Israel Cárdenas, with whom she shares script, photography, production and direction credits in their feature films. Together they run the production company Aurora Dominicana. Israel Cárdenas (Mexico, 1980) is a selftaught filmmaker who started out his career in musical videoclip productions and some film workshops at NYFA and EICTV. He worked as camera assistant and second unit camera in some projects before shooting in 2006 his first feature as co-director, scriptwriter, photographer, producer and editor. Sand Dollars is his fourth feature. Besides his work as Director, he has collaborated in various features as co-scriptwriter (Los Últimos Cristeros, directed by Matías Meyer, Mexico 2012), director of photography (Cumbres, directed by Gabriel Nuncio) and producer (Ocaso, directed by Theo Court, Cumbres, Mañana Psicotrópica directed by Alexandro Aldrete). In 2013 he establishes Rayo Verde Post, image post-production studio in the Dominican Republic. FILMOGRAPHY Cochochi 2007/ 87 min / Drama Jean Gentil 2010/ 85 min / Drama Carmita 2013/ 75 min / Documentary

COCHOCHI (2007) Awards and recognitions: Discovery award, Toronto Intl.

Film Festival Fipresci awards at Gijón and Toulouse Nominated for the Ariel for Best First Feature and Best Script www.cochochi.com.

FF Jury s special Prize, Guadalajara FF Best Film Award, Palmas Gran Canaria FF Grand Prize, Jeonju Intl FF Special Mention, Bafici Best Feature, Cosquín FF Best Film & Best Actor, Festivalissimo

6 COCHOCHI (2007) Awards and recognitions: Discovery award, Toronto Intl. Film Festival Jury award, Toulouse Film Festival Jury award, Valdivia Film Festival Best Feature, Gramado Film Festival Best Feature, Miami Intl. Film Festival Fipresci awards at Gijón and Toulouse Nominated for the Ariel for Best First Feature and Best Script JEAN GENTIL (2010) Awards and recognitions: Jury s Special Mention, Venice FF (Orizzonti) Bronze Alexander, Thessaloniki Intl. FF Best Script Award, Miami Intl. FF Jury s special Prize, Guadalajara FF Best Film Award, Palmas Gran Canaria FF Grand Prize, Jeonju Intl FF Special Mention, Bafici Best Feature, Cosquín FF Best Film & Best Actor, Festivalissimo Jury Award & Critics Award, Lima FF Critics Award, Gramado FF Best Director, Critic s Award, Best Actor, Viña del Mar Intl FF Best Feature, Trinidad y Tobago Intl FF Best Feature, Casandra Award, Dominican Republic. CARMITA (2013) Festivals Intl. Competition Ficunam Trinidad y Tobago Film Festival RDoc Documentary Film Festival of the Dominican Republic Cali International Film Festival Buenos Aires Documentary Film Festival Cinemigrante Fine Arts Film Festival

7 It s been pure joy to learn, and a wonderful experience Geraldine Chaplin

CAST GERALDINE CHAPLIN (US, 1944) Started in David Lean s adaptation of the epic love story, Doctor Zhivago.

She also played the role of her own grandmother in Richard Attenborough s biopic of her late father, Chaplin, which starred Robert Downey Jr. in the title role.

Fluent in both languages, she has been a part of Spanish cinema for decades with roles in Pedro Almodovar s Talk To Her and Jacques Rivette s Love on the Ground.

8 CAST GERALDINE CHAPLIN (US, 1944) Started in David Lean s adaptation of the epic love story, Doctor Zhivago. Chaplin has enjoyed a long and successful career in North America with movies such as A Wedding, Welcome to L.A., The Age of Innocence, Jane Eyre and Robert Altman s Nashville for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. She also played the role of her own grandmother in Richard Attenborough s biopic of her late father, Chaplin, which starred Robert Downey Jr. in the title role. While she has made a name for herself in North America, Chaplin continues to have the most success overseas in Spanish and French cinema. Fluent in both languages, she has been a part of Spanish cinema for decades with roles in Pedro Almodovar s Talk To Her and Jacques Rivette s Love on the Ground. She was also a close collaborator of Carlos Saura with whom she had a 12-year relationship. She won a Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Argentine-Spanish thriller, In the City Without Limits and received a Goya nomination for Jose Antonio Bayona s The Orphanage. She reunited with Bayona for the disaster film The Impossible starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. Chaplin s impressive contributions to Spanish cinema earned her a Gold medal from the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematograficas de España. YANET MOJICA (Dominican Republic, 1993) She lives in the town of Las Terrenas where she s a dance instructor of salsa and denbow. After an unexpected casting accompanied by Geraldine Chaplin, she becomes a strong candidate to be the second lead of Dólares de Arena. After several months of rehearsals and work before the camera, she wins the roll doing a great job in her first feature film experience. RICARDO ARIEL TORIBIO (Dominican Republic, 1993). A professional musician and self-taught artist, Ricardo has natural acting skills. After doing some musical video clips, his first feature film experience is in Dólares de Arena.

TECHNICAL INFO Title: Dólares de Arena / Sand Dollars Genre: Drama Shooting format : 5K Anamorphic / Color Screening format: DCP Length: 85 Locations: Samaná, Dominican Republic Languages: Spanish,

10 TECHNICAL INFO Title: Dólares de Arena / Sand Dollars Genre: Drama Shooting format : 5K Anamorphic / Color Screening format: DCP Length: 85 Locations: Samaná, Dominican Republic Languages: Spanish, English, French Production company : Aurora Dominicana Co - producers : Canana Films, (Mexico), Rei Cine (Argentina) FOPROCINE-Instituto Mexicano De Cinematografía (IMCINE) Consejo Nacional Para La Cultura Y Las Artes (CONACULTA) Production countries : Dominican Republic / Mexico / Argentina Photography: Editing: Script collaboration: Production design: Wardrobe: Sound design: Sound mixer: Music: Music Supervisor: Israel Cárdenas Jaime Guerra Andrea Kleinman S.A.E / E.D.A Alejandro Andújar Sylvia Conde Laura Guerrero Alejandro De Icaza Diego Gat Raúl Locatelli Ramón Cordero, Edilio Paredes IASO Records Benjamin De Menil With the support of : Written & Directed: FONPROCINE-Dirección General de Cine, Rep. Dominicana Programa Ibermedia Instituto Nacional De Cine Y Artes Visuales (INCAA) Banco BHD Hubert Bals Fund Laura Amelia Guzmán & Israel Cárdenas Based on the novel Les Dollars des Sables by Jean-Noël Pancrazi, Gallimard Editions. Post Production: Contact: Rayo Verde Post Israel Cárdenas Jaime Guerra Juanjo Cid Carlo Reyes produccion@auroradominicana.com Production: Executive Production: Associate producers: Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas, Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, Matías Roveda, Pablo Cruz Linel Hernández, Gabriel Tineo, Eddy Guzmán, Sylvia Conde & José Luis Cárdenas Mónica de Moya, Julián Levin, Desirée Reyes

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