Balseros

A patient, humane documentary that immerses you in precarious journeys and long separations, leaving a quiet ache of displacement and resilience.

Directed by

Carlos Bosch, Josep Maria Domènech

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Maria Celeste Arraras, Fidel Castro, Bill Clinton

Overview

In the summer of 1994, a team of public television reporters filmed and interviewed seven Cubans a few days before their risky venture of setting out to sea in homemade rafts to reach the coast of the United States. Six made it far enough to be picked up at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard. When these balseros (rafters) were finally allowed to go to the United States, the film crew went with them to a string of several cities. Seven years later, the film crew visits them again, to discover that their destiny has been in the United States. Theirs is a true story about some of the authentic survivors of our times, the human adventure of people who are shipwrecked between two worlds.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, tense and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Immigration, survival, isolation, family

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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