Barrio Cuba

A slow, warm-hued weave of ordinary lives in a Havana neighbourhood, heavy with longing and quiet hardship, asking patience and offering tenderness.

Directed by

Humberto Solás

Genres

Drama

Starring

Jorge Perugorría, Luisa María Jiménez Rodríquez, Isabel Cristina Santos Téllez

Overview

Over several years, we follow three households and their emotions in a barrio of Havana. Magalis is a nurse, rarely happy. An older man, Ignacio, professes his love for her; her father and her brother quarrel over her brother's sexual orientation; she thinks about leaving Cuba. Santo's wife Maria is expecting their first child. Tragedy strikes and Santo leaves, drowning sorrows in alcohol and crime while his son grows up in the care of an aunt wondering where dad is. Vivian and Chino are in love, passionate, but childless. The pressures of a society that demands grandchildren strain their relationship.

How it feels

Melancholic, warm, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, love, isolation, grief

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

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

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