LAST DAYS IN HAVANA
synopsis
A tragicomedy that tackles the subject of friendship in a city on the verge of substantial change. The lead characters are two friends in their mid-forties who are neighbours from the Centro Habana neighbourhood: Miguel – a dishwasher in a restaurant, who dreams of settling in New York while he waits for a visa that never seems to arrive – and Diego, a homosexual man suffering from AIDS who puts his dreams and cheerfulness to good use in his struggle to carry on enjoying every single day of his life from a rickety old bed in his small bedroom. This peculiar pair are surrounded by characters from all walks of life.
international title: | Last Days in Havana |
original title: | Últimos días en La Habana |
country: | Cuba, Spain |
sales agent: | Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC) (CU) |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Fernando Pérez |
film run: | 93' |
screenplay: | Fernando Pérez, Abel Rodríguez |
cast: | Jorge Martínez, Gabriela Ramos, Patricio Wood, Yailene Sierra, Coralia Veloz |
cinematography by: | Raúl Pérez Ureta |
film editing: | Sergio Sanus |
costumes designer: | Lisandra Ramos |
producer: | José María Morales, Danilo León |
production: | Besa Films, Wanda Visión, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC) (CU) |
backing: | Ibermedia |
distributor: | Wanda Visión |