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Play trailer 1:56 Poster for Mountains Released Aug 16, 2024 1h 35m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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In Miami's Little Haiti, Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) makes a living as a demolition worker while his wife Esperance (Sheila Anozier) holds down two jobs to sustain their cozy household. Their routine is tested when their son Junior (Chris Renois) returns home after dropping out of college. Xavier and Esperance struggle to relate with Junior, who is no longer interested in speaking Creole with them and harbors ambitions of an artistic career path they do not understand. Xavier aspires to buy a more spacious house for his family, but still wakes up every morning, goes to work, and dismantles his neighborhood brick by brick. Yet even as construction vehicles rumble down the block, Little Haiti remains a vibrant community with traditions and rhythms distinctly its own. Monica Sorelle's tender feature debut is a multigenerational drama that deftly explores the relationships between immigrants and their children, the looming threat of gentrification, and the pursuit of the American dream.
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A beautifully acted and observant portrait of a family and their community, Mountains marks an impressive debut by director Monica Sorelle.

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Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News Sorelle’s gentle beauty of a film is no downer, reflecting a resilient culture that refuses to be bulldozed over to make way for luxury homes. Rated: 3.5/4 Oct 16, 2024 Full Review Angelica Jade Bastién New York Magazine/Vulture It’s the kind that dares us to look back and consider what it means to create a home away from the shores where you were born, in a country hostile not just to your betterment but to your very survival. Oct 1, 2024 Full Review Odie Henderson Boston Globe “Mountains” immerses us in its universe because the filmmakers want to make clear what will be lost by the current and impending gentrification of the area. Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 13, 2024 Full Review Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl ...contrasts the experience of living in a tight-knit minority community with the threats posed to that community by so-called urban renewal, a.k.a. gentrification. Rated: 8/10 Jan 16, 2025 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice A slice-of-life portrait of familial and neighborhood changes in Miami’s Little Haiti. Rated: 4/5 Jan 9, 2025 Full Review Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue Slight yet powerful, this nuanced exploration of a working-class Haitian family’s experience with immigration and gentrification carries cultural specificity and universal resonance. Dec 20, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Karina Bonnefil

Angeline

Yaniel Castillo

Chino

Serafin Falcon

Jorge

Tibon Nazaire

Xavier

Sheila Anozier

Esperance

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Synopsis In Miami's Little Haiti, Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) makes a living as a demolition worker while his wife Esperance (Sheila Anozier) holds down two jobs to sustain their cozy household. Their routine is tested when their son Junior (Chris Renois) returns home after dropping out of college. Xavier and Esperance struggle to relate with Junior, who is no longer interested in speaking Creole with them and harbors ambitions of an artistic career path they do not understand. Xavier aspires to buy a more spacious house for his family, but still wakes up every morning, goes to work, and dismantles his neighborhood brick by brick. Yet even as construction vehicles rumble down the block, Little Haiti remains a vibrant community with traditions and rhythms distinctly its own. Monica Sorelle's tender feature debut is a multigenerational drama that deftly explores the relationships between immigrants and their children, the looming threat of gentrification, and the pursuit of the American dream.
Director
Monica Sorelle
Producer
Robert Colom
Screenwriter
Monica Sorelle, Robert Colom
Distributor
Music Box Films
Production Co
Neon Heart Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Haitian Creole
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 16, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 24, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA)
$44.6K
Runtime
1h 35m
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