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Title: Sugar
Released: 2009
Plot Summary
Sugar is the story of Dominican baseball player Miguel "Sugar" Santos pursuing the American dream which, the film shows, is not always as it seems. Sugar opens at a baseball camp in the Dominican Republic, a springboard for recruiting the best players to play for US teams. Sugar is recruited to a small town in Iowa where he works both to prove himself as a great player but also to adjust to his new surrounds despite cultural differences and a language-barrier. This textured American-dream story includes many funny moments, like newly arrived players ordering French toast for every meal since it's the only thing they know how to order. It also explores the struggles involved in following a dream and what it takes to make it.
Language Learning Notes
Sugar provides great exposure to the Dominican accent, often dropping syllables (pa' que instead of para que) and s sound (ma' o meno' in place of mas o menos).
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