Film

Life Outside of Pearl

1h 44m

"In search of a dream"

The feature film "Life Outside of Pearl" is about a lower-middle class Haitian-American family assimilating into a new culture, while maintaining their ethnic identity. The family patriarch presents a proud exterior earning a living as a taxi cab driver trying to keep his adulterous affair, a secret. His wife is are of his indiscretions but chooses to deny her own needs to keep her home and family intact. Jean, the couple's teenage son is smart, but naively decides to postpone college to pursue dreams of opening a computer shop in the neighborhood. Jean uses illegal means to raise capital for the shop and he gets involved with less than savory friends. Jean's sister finds love with her new boyfriend only to have her romantic fairy tale life shattered by catching her father with another woman. Marco, the handsome family cousin is a local police officer trying to balance his life on the street with family involvement.

Jimmy Jean-Louis

Marco

Freddie Robinson

Jean

Rudolph Moise

Jack

Carole Arty

Yvette

Anthony Stevenson

Sam

Husani Addae

Charles

Marie Veronique Antoine

Sister Carmen

Natacha Noël

Natalie

• Johnny DesarmesProducer · Writer · Director

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m