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A poignant triptych set in contemporary Cuba, shot in stunning black and white: Debut filmmaker Santambrogio renders the ache of leaving and being left with both gritty realism and sensual elegance. Two young artists in love confront the collision of his passion for her with her burning desire to leave Cuba behind; a sensitive, baseball-obsessed boy detects the impending trauma of his family uprooting for Miami; and an elderly woman, solitary in her ramshackle home, enshrines letters she received from her husband, taken from her three decades earlier fighting a faraway war.

Presented with support from The Robert E. Appel Fund for Spanish and Portuguese Language Films

2023     119 MIN.     ITALY / CUBA     IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES     FILM MOVEMENT

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Reviews

“[A] beautifully realized first feature… a stark portrait of Cubans deeply impacted by exile. Exquisite.”
– Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter

“Mesmerizing, stunning...an ode to a wounded, wondrous country that still bleeds and loses its young to emigration.”
– Patricia Boero, The Film Verdict

“[A] wistful and poetic journey sure to linger on in memory.”
– Travis DeShong, In Review Online

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