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PLATANERO

Juan-Sébastien Hernandez Francoeur
2025  Canada  15'
Cast: Stanley Exantus, Irdens Exantus, Jonathan Saint-Armand, Ramón Emilio Candelario, José María Cabral

Ti-Frè e Gran-Frè, due fratelli di origine haitiana che vivono in una baraccopoli della Repubblica Dominicana, lottano quotidianamente per sopravvivere.

Screenplay Juan Frank Hernandez, Vincent Labelle
Producer Les Films Camera Oscura
Photography Benoît Jones-Vallée
Set Designer Marie-Florence Gagnon
Editor Marianne Langston
Music Maxime Fortin
Producer Company Laurence Ly, Béatrice Moukhaiber
Distribution Sylvain Lavigne
Contacts Social: lesfilmsdu3mars

Ti-Frè and Gran-Frè, two brothers of Haitian origin living in a Dominican Republic shantytown, struggle daily to survive. On a full moon night,desperation pushes them to steal from a plantation, where a mysterious beast prowls in the shadows of the banana trees.



Juan Frank Hernandez is a Screenwriter/Director who grew up in the Dominican Republic and now lives in Quebec. He has refined his cinematic signature through his self-produced short films. He loves storytelling by mixing genres and creating characters who must face their fears, whether they be imaginary or real.

Filmography

PLATANERO, 25 min, Fiction, 2025

THE DIVING SUIT, 12 min, Fiction, 2021

ITSS LOVE, 12 min, Fiction, 2020

MORTAL MOURNING, 13 min, Fiction, 2019

RITUALS, 20 min, Fiction, 2018





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