Murder in Pacot

– In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, a middle-aged Port-au-Prince couple come face to face with ..

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Movie
Rating:
6.30 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 10 Minutes
Release Year:
2014
Original Name:
Meurtre à Pacot
Murder in Pacot (2014) - Also known as Meurtre à Pacot

In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, a middle-aged Port-au-Prince couple come face to face with the stark contradictions of Haitian society when they are forced to rent out their villa to a foreign aid worker and his enterprising local girlfriend.

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Murder in Pacot (2014) - Trailer

Release Date:

26 Apr 2015

Language:

French, Haitian

Director:

Raoul Peck

Writer:

Pascal Bonitzer, Raoul Peck, Lyonel Trouillot

Main Actors:

Alex Descas, Ayo, Thibault Vinçon, Lovely Kermonde Fifi

Plot:

After the terrible January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, a privileged couple struggles to reinvent a life amid the rubbles of their villa in Port-au-Prince's upscale neighborhood of Pacot. Destitute and in desperate need for money to repair their home, the couple decides to rent the remaining habitable part of the villa to Alex, a high-level foreign relief worker, who brings Jennifer, aka Andrémise, his Haitian girlfriend, a sassy and ambitious young woman.

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Internet Movie Database:
6.3/10