The friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences. Malú is from a family that was upper-class before the Revolution and remains well-to-do through remittances from relatives overseas, and her single mother (Larisa Vega Alamar) does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito’s mother (Luisa María Jiménez Rodríguez),
Direction
Cremata mixes social realism with childlike wonder perfectly
Cinematography
Cuba glows—every frame wants to be a postcard
Acting
The kids carry this; no precocious Hollywood nonsense
Director
Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of few Cuban films to directly critique class hierarchy post-Revolution, released during the 'Special Period' economic crisis.
Director Cremata smuggled the film to Cannes in a diplomatic pouch after Cuban censors delayed release. The goat was not in the script.
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