The Waiting List
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At a rundown bus station in rural Cuba, the line of passengers waiting just keeps getting longer. The problem is that every bus that passes by is already full. Their only hope is to wait for the station's bus to be fixed. As the disparate group settles in, relationships start forming between the passengers: Emilio, a young engineer, becomes smitten with a beautiful young woman who is en route to meet her Spanish fiancé, a blind man gets support from the others to go to the head of the line. Frustration and disorder reign when the one bus brakes down and no one can leave. Resigned to working together, the group magically transforms the station into a beautiful place where no one wants to leave.
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Cast
33 people
Vladimir Cruz
Emilio
Known for
Che: Part One
The Day of the Jackal
Jorge Perugorría
Rolando / el ciego
Known for
Strawberry and Chocolate
Che: Part One
Mariela Besuievsky
Also in
My Heart Goes Boom!
Sala de Espera
Hans Burmann
Juan Carlos Tabío
Also in
Chronic Love
Arturo Arango
Tahimí Alvariño
Jacqueline
Also in
Everybody Leaves
Waltz in Old Havana
Carmen Frías
Tahimi Alvariño
Jacqueline
Ignacio Cobo
Noel García
Fernandez
Also in
Habana Eva
Horn of Plenty
Ulrich Felsberg
Juan Carlos Tabío Director · Arturo Arango Screenplay Senel Paz Writer
First release May 13, 2000 · Produced in Cuba, France, Germany, Mexico, Spain · Production Tornasol Media, Producciones Amaranta
Production
ICAIC
Production
Tornasol Media
Production
Producciones Amaranta
Production
DMVB Films
Production
Programa Ibermedia
Production
Tabasco Films
Production
Road Movies
Production
StudioCanal
Production
Road Movies Filmproduktion
Production
Tornasol Films
Production
Vía Digital
Production
Cuba · France · Germany · Mexico · Spain
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Languages
Original title
Lista de espera
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
France · May 13, 2000
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Spain · June 2, 2000
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
October 5, 2000 · Theatrical
Canada
September 10, 2000 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Colombia
June 19, 2001 · Theatrical
Denmark
June 1, 2001 · Theatrical
Finland
May 18, 2001 · Theatrical
France
June 14, 2000 · Theatrical
Germany
June 24, 2000 · Premiere · Filmfest München
August 10, 2000 · Theatrical
Greece
April 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 3, 2004 · Theatrical
Italy
December 6, 2000 · Theatrical
Mexico
April 6, 2001 · Limited theatrical
Norway
April 6, 2001 · Theatrical
Peru
April 19, 2001 · Theatrical
Poland
June 9, 2001 · Premiere · Latin America Film Festival
Switzerland
June 14, 2000 · Limited theatrical · French speaking region
September 14, 2000 · Limited theatrical · German speaking region
Türkiye
May 22, 2002 · Theatrical
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