Movie

Cristo Rey

Released: January 22, 2014 (2014)

Runtime: 96 minutes

Genres: Drama, Romance

Set in the Dominican Republic, Leticia Tonos Paniagua’s uniquely Caribbean retelling of Romeo and Juliet chronicles the love between a kind-hearted teenager, ostracized for his mixed Haitian-Dominican descent, and the beautiful sister of a local drug kingpin he’s hired to protect.