Synopsis
Every afternoon Noelí, a young Dominican woman, hangs out on the beach at Las Terrenas. With her boyfriend, Yeremi, they look for ways to make a living at the expense of one of the hundreds of tourists there. However Noelí also has a steady client, Anne, a much older French woman, who, like many other Europeans, has found an idyllic refuge on the island to spend her last years. For Noelí, the relationship is one of convenience, but the feelings become more intense as they plan to leave together for Paris.
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Cast
- Geraldine ChaplinAnne
- Yanet MojicaNoeli
- Ricardo Ariel ToribioMenor
- Ramón CorderoCantante
- Bernard BizelTurista
- Junior SánchezAtracador
- Yanmarco KingYanmarco
- Hoyt RogersThomas
- María Gabriela BonettiGoya
- Bernardo VegaAmigo de Thomas
Recommendations
- 90
The New York Times
Ms. Chaplin, in one of her most touching screen performances, imbues Anne with a world-weary melancholy that makes your heart sink. - 80
Variety
Chaplin’s performance is characterized by a lack of vanity and an almost magical combination of empathy and pathos. - 80
Village Voice
Guzmán and Cárdenas present this tropical island as both Anne's romantic refuge and Noelí's exploitative landscape, a beautiful, enchanting — and realistic — Eden where snakes are merely snakes. - 75
Slant Magazine
It respects and plumbs the feelings of all three main characters while surfacing the economic, ethnic, cultural, and gender power imbalances in their relationships. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Playing out against a dreamy Caribbean backdrop, Sand Dollars is indeed about dreams, unpicking those of a gracefully aging lady and her young lover with a trembling delicacy and attentiveness. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Sand Dollars has an assured, light touch.