Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) is a fiercely hard-working, Haitian-born construction worker tasked with destroying his own neighborhood in a rapidly gentrifying Miami. While yearning to secure a new home for his wife, seamstress Esperance (Sheila Anozier), he finds himself clashing with his son, a college dropout. American-born and largely assimilated, Junior (Chris Renois) is a late-night comedian whose set focuses on the deepening intergenerational chasm that exists within the family. 

Delving into complex issues of gentrification, assimilation, and familial conflict, Mountains is both pointed in its specific portrayal of a singular world and its particular sociopolitical landscape, yet so delicately depicted as to feel universal. Each of these characters are so richly drawn and embodied, as is the Haitian-American community in which they live: a testament to these actors and Sorelle’s contemplative but vivid filmmaking approach. - Stephanie Tell, NOFF Programmer

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