THE KING OF HAVANA
synopsis
Agustí Villaronga adapts the novel of the same name by Pedro Juan Gutiérrez. Recently escaped from reformatory, young Reinaldo tries to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, good humour and above all hunger, accompany him in his wanderings until he meets Magda and Yunisleidy, survivors like himself. In one or the other's arms, he will try to escape the material and moral misery surrounding him, living love, passion, tenderness and uninhibited sex to the limit.
international title: | The King of Havana |
original title: | El Rey de La Habana |
country: | Spain, Dominican Republic |
sales agent: | Filmax |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Agustí Villaronga |
release date: | ES 25/09/2015 |
screenplay: | Agustí Villaronga |
cast: | Celines Toribio, Lia Chapman, Yordanka Ariosa, Héctor Medina, Ileana Wilson |
cinematography by: | Josep M. Civit |
film editing: | Raúl Román |
art director: | Alain Ortiz |
costumes designer: | María Gil |
producer: | Luisa Matienzo, Celines Toribio |
production: | Pandora Cinema, Tusitala P.C., S.L., Televisió de Catalunya / TVC / TV3 / 3Cat, Canal+ España, RTVE - Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, Esencia Films |
backing: | Ibermedia, Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC), ICAA |
distributor: | Filmax |