As Cuba faces significant changes, artist Adrian Melis asks his father, a former revolutionary, a series of questions on the current state of his native country. The respondent’s face shows a range of emotions from humour to anxiety but always with avuncular intimacy towards his son.
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Film details
- Countries of production
- Cuba, Netherlands, Spain
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 6'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
