Carajita

Sara’s well-to-do family has moved back to the Dominican Republic after living abroad for years. Returning with them is Yarisa, their maid and Sara’s nanny, an Afro-Dominican who has yet to tell her own family, especially her daughter Mallory, that she is back. Sara and Yarisa have long lived under this false notion that an almost materna bond exists between them. That notion is put to the test to crumble after Mallory’s mysterious disappearance at a party she was invited to by Sara. The Spanish-Argentinean directing duo of Ulises Porra and Silvina Schnicer deliver a tight, suspenseful and ultimately devastating portrait of the Dominican Republic’s class and racial divides.

Dominican Republic/Argentina I Drama I 90 min. I Directed by Silvina Schnicer & Ulises Porra

Spanish w/English subtitles

Host or Publisher International Latino Cultural Center