
Jean Jean
Acting
Biography
Jean Jean is a Haitian-Dominican actor and filmmaker known for his work in theatre and cinema. He gained international recognition for his leading role in “Woodpeckers” (2017), for which he received the Best Actor award at the Havana Film Festival and Best Ibero-American Actor at the Guadalajara International Film Festival. He began his career in Dominican theatre, training at the Ángel Haché Performance Laboratory of the National School of Dramatic Arts, and performed in productions such as “An Enemy of the People,” “Paradise,” and “La Peste de Estos Días.” He later appeared in a number of Dominican films, including “La Soga,” “Hermafrodita,” and “Operación Patakón.” After studying documentary filmmaking at the International School of Cinema and Television in Cuba, he expanded his work in film, acting in projects such as “Locki 7” and “Isla Rota.” He also directed the documentary “Si bondye vle, Yuli” (2015), which won several international awards.
Known For

Freda lives with her mother, sister and little brother in a popular neighbourhood of Haiti. They survive with their little street food shop. The precariousness and violence of their daily life pushes them to do everything they can to escape their situation in the hope of finding a better life.
Freda

Julián finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republic's Najayo Prison. His romance, with fellow prisoner Yanelly, must develop through sign language and without the knowledge of dozens of guards.
Woodpeckers

As the country explodes under racial tensions after the assassination of Martin Luther King, writer Romain Gary, humanist and animal lover, and his wife, star Jean Seberg, civil rights activist, welcome an abandoned dog into their home, trained to jump at the mouths of blacks: a White Dog.
White Dog

In the mid-1970s, Rico, a 9-year-old Haitian boy, was brutally torn from his native land along with Erzulie, his mother, to a strange planet called Canada. Since their arrival, a distance seems to have grown between mother and son. To regain the love of his mother, Rico will have to understand this New World populated by individuals with strange habits and customs. Fortunately for him, he can count on Kana, his imaginary friend who comes straight out of Haitian mythology.
Kanaval

Reynold is dying of cancer. He uses his last meals to share them with his daughter. As the meal progresses, a ritual begins to take hold, the dishes acting as reminders of the past. Vanessa discovers who her father really is.
The Last Meal

What's really happening at 1805 A Butterfly Drive? A mother and her daughter, a mystery, wild emotions...
1805 A Butterfly Drive

In the DR, hardened cop Manolo tries to take down an infamous drug cartel; meanwhile, his daughter has fallen in love with Lorenzo, a construction worker who's unwittingly gotten embroiled in the drug cartel's dealings.
Breathless
Bruno's life starts darkening when he is informed in the university he works that the scholarship programs have been suspended. Daily, he faces the lack of discipline and respect of his students, mainly from Rogelio, the son of a rich family. With the help of his godparent, he takes a second job as the driver of a values transport company.
Ladrones a Domicilio

After serving a sentence of 10 years, Aquiles has to choose between saving the life of his son or starting a new path of honesty.
Cuentas Por Cobrar

Various stories and dreams intertwine in a group of Dominicans going in an illegal travel to Puerto Rico.
Viajeros

1819. A young Spanish heir, a Chinese weaver, and a Haitian deserter struggle to find their place and humanity in the tense cultural crossroads of the colonial Caribbean. They embark on the ambitious endeavor of establishing a silk factory in the very heart of the island of Hispaniola.
Under the Same Sun

In 1964, following the landing of around thirty men intent on overthrowing him, the Haitian dictator Duvalier launched a campaign of terror to deter peasants from joining the rebellion, composed of men from the Southeast region where they had settled. Over 50 years later, the peasants recount their story for the first time.
1964: Kamoken Cemetery
For Yuli, a Haitian woman living in the Dominican Republic for more than 35 years, it has been an ongoing struggle to raise her children with dignity as she deals with her precarious immigration status. In the midst of government regularization, imminent deportation and personal upheaval, the questions arise: What really makes us belong to a place? How are the links between the land and its people made?
God Willing, Yuli

How Montreal is transformed from winter to spring. Inspired by Berlin: Symphony of a great city, Printemps Now! is a cinematographic poem, an audiovisual symphony of the city of Montreal transitioning from winter to spring.