Over several years, we follow three households and their emotions in a barrio of Havana. Magalis is a nurse, rarely happy. An older man, Ignacio, professes his love for her; her father and her brother quarrel over her brother's sexual orientation; she thinks about leaving Cuba. Santo's wife Maria is expecting their first child. Tragedy strikes and Santo leaves, drowning sorrows in alcohol and crime while his son grows up in the care of an aunt wondering where dad is. Vivian and Chino are in love, passionate, but childless. The pressures of a society that demands grandchildren strain their relationship.
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Cast
20 people
Jorge Perugorría
Known for
Strawberry and Chocolate
Che: Part One
Luisa María Jiménez Rodríquez
Known for
I Am Cuba
Humberto Solás
Also in
Memorias de Lucía
Sergio Benvenuto
Aldo Benvenuto
Isabel Santos
Also in
Living Dangerously
The Isle of Death
Elia Solás
Santi Camuñas
Jorge Gomes
Also in
O Rebu
Saramandaia
Camilo Vives
Rubén Araujo
Miguelito
Malena Boijoly
Bebé de Vivian
Humberto Solás Director
Worldwide gross $148K · United States release November 5, 2005
Box office
Worldwide gross
$148,500
Languages
Original language
Spanish
Release dates
Cuba · November 5, 2001
United States · November 5, 2005
Theatrical
Spain · July 13, 2007
Theatrical
France
March 21, 2006 · Toulouse Latin America Film Festival
Uruguay
August 28, 2014 · Cinemateca Uruguaya
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