PLOT : Felipe, an aging Italian revolutionary living in Havana, spends his final days reflecting on a Cuba that has drifted far from the ideals he once fought for, while his son Pepe dreams of escaping to Canada in search of comfort and distance from his father’s world. As Felipe’s health declines, he forms a close bond with his doctor Jimmi, who secretly lives as drag performer Estrellita. After Felipe’s death, Pepe is shocked to learn Jimmi has been left co-owner of the family estate in Baracoa and entrusted with his ashes. Forced to travel across Cuba together, they embark on a tense yet transformative journey toward understanding, reconciliation, and an unexpected connection.
Luis Ernesto Doñas. A Cuban director graduated from the Higher Institute of Art and the EICTV Film School in San Antonio de los Baños. He participated in Talent Guadalajara (2015) and Talent Berlin (2016). As an editor, he worked on La Anunciación, Melaza, and Cuba Libre. He directed the documentary El despertar de un sueño with Alicia Alonso and several short films, including the award-winning Oslo. In 2018, he joined the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma as a scholarship recipient, collaborating with directors such as William Kentridge and Deborah Warner, and especially on Mario Martone’s La Bohème. He has directed multiple operas internationally and carries out important cultural promotion work between Cuba and Italy.
Length 1h 47min
Cast Giancarlo Giannini, Carlos Luis González, Yadier Fernández, Carlos Pérez Peña, Ana Gloria Buduén, Giovanni Giusto,
Production Pointmedia Italia, De la Huerta Producciones, Programa Ibermedia, Fondo de Fomento del Cine Cubano
- Sun June 288:15PMOutdoorSpirit TheatreDistillery DistrictToronto
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