Emilio is a dreamer. He has a soft spot for his neighbour, a prima ballerina, but he is too shy to reach out. Instead, he takes care of his mother and spends time with an old singer and dancer, Omara Portuondo. Together they share a longing for the unattainable. And for the sea, which is getting rougher as a storm approaches Havana.
Read the pre-screening Q&A with Eileen Hofer:
http://iffr.com/en/professionals/blog/please-welcome-eileen-hofer
Also in this combined programme
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Love Story Not
A compassionate double portrait of two young prostitutes, whose lives connect through Erik, a young man who charms them both for his own financial adv -
Meda
Welcome to the world of Romanian bureaucracy, where foster daughter Meda is immediately removed from home for administrative, irrelevant reasons. -
Kwassa Kwassa
The island of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean, is the new outermost EU border. On its poor island neighbour, craftsmen are building a kwassa kwassa…
Film details
- Countries of production
- Cuba, Switzerland
- Year
- 2016
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 15'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
