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Sand Dollars is a Dominicain film of genre Drama released in USA on 6 november 2015 with Geraldine Chaplin

Sand Dollars (2015)

Dólares de Arena

Sand Dollars
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Released in USA 6 november 2015
Length 1h25
Genres Drama
Rating59% 2.951262.951262.951262.951262.95126

Sand Dollars (Spanish: Dólares de Arena) is a 2014 Dominican drama film directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.

Synopsis

Sur les plages de Las Terrenas, petite ville de bord de mer de la République dominicaine, Noeli, une jeune prostituée, fait la connaissance d'une nouvelle cliente, Anne, une française d'âge mûr. Leur relation, d'abord basée sur l'argent, va vite laisser la place à des sentiments plus profonds, au point qu'Anne va lui proposer d'aller vivre à deux à Paris. Noeli abandonnera-t-elle son petit ami pour une vie meilleure en Europe aux côtés d'Anne ?

Actors

Geraldine Chaplin

(Anne)
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