Havana's crumbling beauty meets two dreamers asking: can love outlast the system?
In Havana, where economic difficulties are numerous, two young people try to find out if love and aspirations can survive in a city defined by adversity.
Cinematography
Havana as decaying character, gorgeous and devastating
Acting
Non-professionals bring unvarnished authenticity
Direction
Hamlet's patient, unsentimental eye
Director
Lester Hamlet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Cuba's economic 'Special Period' hangover, the film captures a generation caught between revolutionary legacy and capitalist reality.
Director Hamlet deliberately cast unknown locals; many scenes were improvised around real Havana locations that no longer exist.
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