If you have ever been to Cuba or La Havana you will be touched. The film maker has managed to put his finger on the pulse of a part of Cuba and also let the audience feel that pulse, along with the pain, dis-appointment and broken dreams of many of the Cuban people. You will see that their pain is not exclusive to Cuba, it is something that exists to greater or lesser degrees in all countries. You will also see that the true joy in life is in the simple things like playing shadow puppets on the wall with your child who suffers from down syndrome, dreaming to fix up the falling walls of your mom's flat, or just make a few extra pennies to maintain yourself. This is a story about the strength of human resolution and seeing that the dream is not what it's all about. Really it is about that bitter-sweet journey between the birth of our dreams and when we reach them, or perhaps as is more often the case we fail.
You will be touched by the simplicity and artistry of a cinematographer with few tools at his disposal and the quality of work that he can produce. A wonderful film for those of you who are into B flicks that are decidedly not Hollywood. Both of my thumbs way up on this one.
You will be touched by the simplicity and artistry of a cinematographer with few tools at his disposal and the quality of work that he can produce. A wonderful film for those of you who are into B flicks that are decidedly not Hollywood. Both of my thumbs way up on this one.