Cuba, as we knew it, is dying. The US Embassy has just opened in Cuba, and the Cuban in the USA after 54 years. Cubans are craving to be connected to the Internet, buy at Zara, eat at Burger King and have Apple gadgets Nevertheless, Fidel, the leader of the Revolution, is alone and hiding. He is, like Cuba, in decline.
Costume
Fidel's adult diaper under iconic olive fatigues — the image burns.
Direction
Casanova's candy-colored grotesquerie masks genuine sorrow.
Production
Every frame looks like a fever dream from a Miami nightclub.
Director
Eduardo Casanova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released weeks after Obama's 2016 Cuba visit, Casanova filmed during the exact diplomatic thaw his characters witness.
José Luis de Madariaga spent three hours in prosthetics daily; the diaper was his idea.
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