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Sharing Stella

2016 · 85 min

A quiet, talky, slowly unfolding backstage drama where personal hopes and political change simmer under the surface.

Directed by
Kiki Álvarez
Starring
Tony Alfonso, Deisy Forcade, Maribel Garcia Garzón
Overview
Havana, December 2014. A director is looking for a leading actress to play Stella in a Cuban adaptation of “A Streetcar Named Desire” when the announcement that Cuba and the United States are restoring diplomatic relations irrupts into the ordinarily weightless everyday lives of a group of actors getting ready for the casting.

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Directed by
Kiki Álvarez
Starring
Tony Alfonso, Deisy Forcade, Maribel Garcia Garzón
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • art
  • politics
  • ambition
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Directed by
Kiki Álvarez
Starring
Tony Alfonso, Deisy Forcade, Maribel Garcia Garzón, Yaima Morfa, Claudia Muñiz, César Domínguez, Yanier Palmero, May Reguera
Runtime
85 min
Languages
Spanish

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