Tiburon International Film Festival

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Year:  2009
Running Time:  90 minutes
Country:  Cuba
Language:  Spanish/English Subtitles
Genre:  Drama
Venue:  CYC / Playhouse theater
Cast:  Rafael Ernesto Hernández, Eman-xor Oña, Yori Gómez, Carlos Enrique Almirante
Showtime:   Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 04:50 PM
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 04:00 PM
Director:  Rebeca Chávez

Description:  The film depicts 24 hours in the life of the city's residents during the clandestine struggle of the urban fighters against Batista's dictatorship. It constructs a fictitious world that centrs around relationships between people from different social circles. Their pastel-colored living rooms are overshadowed by violence: pressure from the army and the rebellious youth's clashes with the military. The film's theme revolves around trust and fear.

This becomes concrete in the relationship between parents terrorized by the military and their revolutionary children. At times, revolution is linked with relationships in a way that resembles a political version of a South American Tele Novela. Santiago in 1950's setting and costumes captivates the viewer's eye.

The film inspired by Bertillón 166 (novel), written by José Soler Puig.

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US Premiere

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