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Parsley

Parsley

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 6, 2022

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

54%

Original Title

Perejil

Production Companies

Tabula Rasa Films, Lantica Media

Director

José María Cabral

Description

In 1937, near the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, a young Haitian woman named Marie is expecting her first child with Frank, her doting Dominican husband. After her mother's burial, she is awakened in the middle of the night by distant screams. The immediate execution of all Haitians on Dominican soil has been ordered — the so-called “Cut” — and what seals a victim’s fate is whether or not they can pronounce "perejil" (parsley). Marie takes off to find Frank in the next town over, with nothing but the clothes on her back.