11th edition CIFF – 9-13 April 2025

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Doubles

Trinidad & Tobago, Canada | 2023 | 95 min | English | e.s.

Ian Harnarine’s heartwarming, passionate debut feature is a true love letter to Trinidad and Tobago.
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In small-town Trinidad, Dhani is a dissatisfied man in his early 20s. He hangs out at bars with his high rolling friends, but he doesn’t belong. Dhani always leaves the party early so that he can work the nightshift with his feisty mother selling “Doubles” (the famous Trinidadian street-food). The two share the same dream of opening their very own brick-and-mortar restaurant. After getting humiliated by a girl and his mother getting robbed at knife point, Dhani has lost his patience. His land-developing friend, Philip, offers hundreds of thousands of dollars for their land. But, it’s Dhani’s estranged father, a successful chef in Toronto, who owns the property. Against his mother’s wishes, Dhani decides to go to Toronto to confront his father and get the land signed over to them.

Place: The Cinemas 

Date: April 10

Time: 13:15

Duration:95 min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 11

Time: 20:30

Duration:95 min

Year in
Festival

2025

Director

Ian Harnarine

Country

Trinidad & Tobago, Canada

Language

English

Length

95

Year of Production

2023