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Santa & Andres (2016)

Santa & Andres (2016)

Drama
Release Date: 2016, September 11
Directors: Carlos Lechuga
Countries: Colombia, Cuba, France
Production: Producciones de la 5ta Avenida, Promenades Films, Igolai Producciones
Cast: Eduardo Martínez, Lola Amores, César Domínguez, Luna Tinoco, George Abreu, Ederlys Rodríguez, Maikel Alexi Sánchez

Overview:

Santa, a peasant woman loyal to the Revolution, is sent to guard Andrés, a gay writer who is under house arrest, considered “ untrustworthy” for his ideas and sexuality by the Cuban authorities. Set in a small village in eastern Cuba during the early 1980s, this poignant political drama depicts an encounter between two deeply thoughtful souls on opposite sides of a profound cultural divide. Both have experienced deep loss, and both know the damaging effects of isolation and oppression. Even so, the cavernous ideological divide separating them — the same one that has separated Cuban friends and kin for over 50 years — has until now seemed insurmountable.

Keywords:

politics discrimination cuba sexuality gender