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Encantado (2002)
Character: N/A
A man searches Cuba for his disappeared brother.
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Casa Vieja (2010)
Character: Diego
Based on the classic Cuban piece The Old House by writer Abelardo Estorino, the film tells the story of Esteban, who returns home after a 14-year absence when he learns of the imminent death of his father. Residing outside of his native Cuba he re-encounters a past that is almost intact. Secrets, old grudges, misunderstandings, and intolerance leave him to stay in a home where time seems to have stood still.
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Clave (2020)
Character: Roberto
Alfredo, a Cuban American musician, must go back home to Tampa after news that his father is sick. In coming back, he must deal with a broken relationship with his father due before it's too late.
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Casting (2017)
Character: N/A
A young actress performs the most important casting of her career while facing a difficult family situation.
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Guardafronteras (1980)
Character: N/A
A squad of young Cuban armed forces recruits are tasked with defending a strategic key north of Cuba. The fraught relationships between the young soldiers and the sergeant who leads them transform as they discover his human qualities during training and learn discipline in the harsh conditions of their post.
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El cayo de la muerte (2006)
Character: Ambrosio
Cuba, 1958. Rodolfo is 20 years old and dreams of becoming a movie director. His father is a persecuted member of the revolutionary movement and the family is obliged to flee Havana, taking refuge in a boring village.
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Venir al mundo (1989)
Character: Carlos
Luis, a sterility physician, is in love with a young colleague and faces the dilemma of breaking his marriage or accepting the tranquility and security of domestic life.
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La muerte del gato (2014)
Character: Armando Ventolera
Raul, Camilo and Armando are three friends who, forced by the crisis, plan to kill a neighbor’s cat to eat meat in the “Periodo Especial” in Cuba (1989).
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Los pájaros tirándole a la escopeta (1984)
Character: Emilio
A young couple find out that their parents (her father and his mother) are having a romance. A series of problems arise because the young couple can't accept that relationship.
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Alicia en el pueblo de Maravillas (1991)
Character: Omar
A biting satire about life in contemporary Cuba. Alicia, a young drama instructor, is sent to the small town of Maravillas de Noveras, which is itself an exaggerated, but very ingenious reflection of the real Cuba. Her adventures there are almost as surreal as the ones experienced by Lewis Carroll's character, reflecting patterns of indoctrination, coercion, absolutism, and many other everyday problems in Cuban society.
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Brainstorm (2009)
Character: N/A
A world record, an accident, a heroic act, a matter of scientific interest. All this happens simultaneously. The editorial board of the newspaper La Avanzada must decide what goes on the front page.
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