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Woodpeckers (2017)

1h 48m

Running Time

Woodpeckers (2017)

Name: Woodpeckers
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2017-01-23

1h 48m

Running Time

Plot.

Julián finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republic's Najayo Prison. His romance, with fellow prisoner Yanelly, must develop through sign language and without the knowledge of dozens of guards.

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Cast & Crew.

Jean Jean

Julián

Jean Jean

Julián Sosa

Judith Rodriguez Perez

Yanelly

Ramón Emilio Candelario

Manaury

Manuel Raposo

Fausto

Carlota Carretero

Directora mujeres

Aleja Johnson

Rosa

Mario Nunez

Machete

Merionne Toussaint

Keunis Álvarez

Karina Valdez

Orestes Amador

Maria Jose Ripoll

Producer

José María Cabral

Director / Writer / Editor

Hernan Herrera

Director of Photography

Freddy Ginebra

Original Music Composer

Jose Cruz

Gilberto Hernández

Cape Ramírez

Fernando De Jesús Mejía

Jose Cruz

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 23, 2017

Original Name
Carpinteros

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 48m

Genres
Drama Crime

Last updated: 2025-02-25

This Movie Is About.

prison

jealousy

racial slur

sign language

Wiki.

Woodpeckers (Spanish: Carpinteros) is a 2017 Dominican Republic drama film directed by José María Cabral. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. In 2017, Cabral won the Havana Star Prize for Best Director for the film at the 18th Havana Film Festival New York.