Cristo Rey is a 2013 Dominican Republic drama film written and directed by Leticia Tonos.

[1][2] It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

[3][4] Haitians and Dominicans are living in the Santo Domingo slums, where the two groups are at violent odds in a turbulent political and social climate.

Because of his Haitian roots, Janvier is recruited by the drug trafficking gang that rules the Cristo Rey barrio.

Jocelyn and Janvier end up falling in love, and must devise a plan to escape Cristo Rey, where no future for the two of them seems possible.