This Oscar nominated film is the story of two men who are opposites, one gay, the other straight, one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist, one suspicious, the other accepting, and how they come to love each other.
Directors:
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea,
Juan Carlos Tabío
Stars:
Jorge Perugorría,
Vladimir Cruz,
Mirta Ibarra
Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God ... See full summary »
Director:
Fernando Pérez
Stars:
José Andrade,
Maudelet Badia,
Elena Bolaños
A Cuban man cycles through his repressed opinions and memories as the threat of foreign invasion intensifies and the rest of his family retreats to Miami.
It is a satire about life in Cuba. The members of a funeral procession and some truckdrivers who have to take the same route begin to talk about god and the world ending up in discovering ... See full summary »
Directors:
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea,
Juan Carlos Tabío
Stars:
Carlos Cruz,
Mirta Ibarra,
Jorge Perugorría
In a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malu is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want ... See full summary »
Directors:
Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti,
Iraida Malberti Cabrera
Stars:
Malú Tarrau Broche,
Jorge Milo,
Luisa María Jiménez Rodríquez
El Bola, a 12 year old boy a.k.a. "Pellet" is a 12 year old boy raised in a violent and sordid environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he avoids becoming close to classmates. The ... See full summary »
Director:
Achero Mañas
Stars:
Juan José Ballesta,
Pablo Galán,
Alberto Jiménez
Paola is born in a traditional Colombian family, or at least that is what they try to be. Her father is a priest, her mother is a "psychic" and her sisters are not what their parents ... See full summary »
Director:
Santiago Caicedo
Stars:
María Cecilia Sánchez,
Martina Toro,
Alejandra Borrero
"People know my country as it is reflected in the world media. I tried to show how Cuban people actually live. I tried to show that we have dreams and hopes."
These were the words of the director; before I saw this excellent documentary in a special presentation for the foreign media, last November, in La Habana.
Technically, the movie has a fluent editing of parallel lives of Cuban people. The theme keeps the viewer a bit 'far' from the story; it is clear that the movie was made more for foreigners than the citizens. It has no dialogues; not even one word. Instead, it has very strong international visual symbols. So gains, the word 'Suite', its own international meaning.
Suite Habana, tries to show that excluded Cuban Society, is no different actually from all other societies; in a very calm and sensitive way.
I can hardly keep myself revealing the 'very clever' magnificent surprise of the documentary! It is better I stop writing now... Hoping to see it, at least once more.
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"People know my country as it is reflected in the world media. I tried to show how Cuban people actually live. I tried to show that we have dreams and hopes."
These were the words of the director; before I saw this excellent documentary in a special presentation for the foreign media, last November, in La Habana.
Technically, the movie has a fluent editing of parallel lives of Cuban people. The theme keeps the viewer a bit 'far' from the story; it is clear that the movie was made more for foreigners than the citizens. It has no dialogues; not even one word. Instead, it has very strong international visual symbols. So gains, the word 'Suite', its own international meaning.
Suite Habana, tries to show that excluded Cuban Society, is no different actually from all other societies; in a very calm and sensitive way.
I can hardly keep myself revealing the 'very clever' magnificent surprise of the documentary! It is better I stop writing now... Hoping to see it, at least once more.