Life Outside of Pearl (2009)
"In search of a dream"
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The feature film "Life Outside of Pearl" is about a lower-middle class Haitian-American family assimilating into a new culture, while maintaining their ethnic identity. The family patriarch presents a proud exterior earning a living as a taxi cab driver trying to keep his adulterous affair, a secret. His wife is are of his indiscretions but chooses to deny her own needs to keep her home and family intact. Jean, the couple's teenage son is smart, but naively decides to postpone college to pursue dreams of opening a computer shop in the neighborhood. Jean uses illegal means to raise capital for the shop and he gets involved with less than savory friends. Jean's sister finds love with her new boyfriend only to have her romantic fairy tale life shattered by catching her father with another woman. Marco, the handsome family cousin is a local police officer trying to balance his life on the street with family involvement.
- Release date
- October 9, 2009
- Country of origin
- United States, Haiti
- Music
- Ricardo Lesperance
Cast
- Jimmy Jean-Louis as Cousin Marco
- Rudolph Moise as Father Jack
- Carole Demesmin as Mother Yvette
- Natacha Noël as Natalie
- Freddie Robinson Jr. as Jean
- Marie Veronique Antoine as Sister Carmen
- Rick Borgia as Frank
- Katherine Guzman as China
- Lula Ismael as Julie
- Dominique Fouche as Fritz
Crew
- Johnny Desarmes · Director
- Johnny Desarmes · Writer
- Johnny Desarmes · Producer
- Ricardo Lesperance · Composer
- Tom Agnello · Cinematographer
- Dwayne Nathan Washington · Editor