Cuba: País Invitado

Screenings carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cuba, the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Mexico and the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry.

Portrait of Teresa

Pastor Vega | Cuba | 1979 | 103 min | B 

Friday, October 15, 19 hr

Teresa is overwhelmed, she has a jealous husband, three little kids, a work as team leader in a textile factory, and voluntary commitments as a cultural leader of his union. Her feelings are confusing, she feels responsibility to the Revolution and wants to control his own life beyond washing the dirty dishes.

Clandestines

Fernando Pérez | Cuba | 1987 | 89 min | B 

Sunday, october 17, 19 h

Domingo 17 de octubre, 19h 

Ernesto, imprisoned for his political activities, distrusts Nereida, a young stranger who has come to visit him in prison. Once released, they meet again and Nereida joins the clandestine fighting group he leads. A love arises between them, parallel to the armed struggle, which will condition their lives forever. 

The Brigadist

Octavio Cortázar | Cuba | 1977 | 113 min | B 

Monday, october 18, 19h

At the beginning of cuban revolution, a young student from La Habana offers himself as a volunteer to go to a rural region with the goal of teaching villagers how to read and write. Anti-Castro guerrilla squads operate in the area, but problems begin to arise when government militia make the small town their base of operations.

Vampires in La Habana

Juan Padrón | Cuba | 1985 | 75 min | B15 

Tuesday, October 19, 19 h

The second animated feature film by the director Juan Padrón, one of the most emblematic illustrators in Cuba. It tells the story of two groups of mafia vampires, the first tries to steal a formula that will allow them to live in the light of day, in order to monopolize its production and sale worldwide; the second seeks to destroy it because it threatens their business of beaches for vampires.

The beauty of the Alhambra

Enrique Pineda Barnett | Cuba - España | 1989 | 108 min | C 

Wednesday, October 29, 19 h  

Winner of the Goya award to best foreign film in Hispanic language and based in the novel by Cuban writer Miguel Barnet, tells us Rachel’s story, an ambitious chorist that dreams with being a vedette in famous  theater Alhambra, but when she makes it, she loses the love of her life and know a passion that almost ends up with her artistic career.

Elpidio Valdés 

Juan Padrón | Cuba | 1981 | 69 min | A 

Thursday, october 21, 19 h  

Elpidio Valdés is a Cuban cartoon and comic character. He was created by the father of Cuban animation Juan Padrón. Valdés is a mambí who fights for the liberation of his homeland from the oppressive Spanish yoke, and represents the Cuban peasants who in the 19th century joined with slaves and some landowners to form the Liberation Army. 

Bride’s dress 

Marilyn Solaya | Cuba | 2014 | 104 min | B15 

Friday, October 22, 19 h

Bride’s dress tells the story of Rosa Elena and Ernesto, a couple that fell in love, get married and try to be happy until a secret in her life threaten that harmony and turn them in violence, prejudice, and stereotypes victims in a society that still is reign by macho and patriarchal attitudes.

Between Cuba and Mexico everything is tasty and beautiful

Idalmis Del Risco Siota | Cuba - México | 2015 | 82 min | TP 

Sunday, october 24, 19 h 

A story about the brotherhood between Cuba and Mexico. Led by an unpublished interview of Eliseo Alberto Diego (Lichi) that intertwines history, music, cinema, literature, and both towns character. It also presents diplomats, intellectuals, artists, educators, and town people’s interviews, where they talk about that cultural fraternity.

Maximum capacity 60 people.