Directing

Jean-Louis Jorge

Born 1947-01-01 · Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Jean-Louis Jorge (Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, 1947 – ibid., March 13, 2000) was a film director and screenwriter and television director and producer. Jean-Louis Jorge possessed an exceptional, refined, and extravagant talent whose predilection for the kitsch and transgressive places him, from a contemporary perspective, as a precursor to Almodóvar's cinema. His explosive mix of Caribbean passion, Hollywood glamour, and the histrionic flair of the French school resulted in a body of work that combines the anecdotal with the surreal. Ahead of his time, his unusual creations have acquired cult status… he is one of the most revered auteurs in his country, possessing an unusual and daring vision that blends Latin temperament with a universal vocation.

Acting credits

4.4

Remembers an artist in the form of a somnambulistic fantasy: A filmmaker faces increasing challenges as she tries, decades later, to complete Dominican filmmaker Jean-Louis Jorge’s unfinished work.

Holy Beasts

2019

Behind the camera

4.2

This black-and-white film explores the dividing line between the theatrical imagination and everyday reality in its story of a narcissistic silent movie actor who believes his screen image as a great lover but is in fact a confused bisexual. His girlfriend, also an actress, is also caught up in the fuzzy space between fantasy and reality but feels this as a loss and tries to do something about it.