List of Movies in the Top
The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia
When the government reveals that aliens live on Earth, Celeste discovers her neighbor is one of them. Offered a chance to visit a distant planet, this Cuban widow decides to leave her dull routine behind for a journey across the stars.
Starring: Beatriz Viña, Daisy Quintana, Faustino Pérez, María Isabel Díaz Lago, Omar Franco, Osmar Pegudo, Roberto Espinosa
Director: Arturo Infante
Un Traductor
A professor of Russian literature at the University of Havana is ordered to work as a translator for child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster when they are sent to Cuba for medical treatment.
Starring: Maricel Álvarez, Milda Gecaite, Nataliya Rodina, Rodrigo Santoro
Director: Rodrigo Barriuso, Sebastián Barriuso
The Good Demons
Tito, a 23 year old with a car and a secret. While his neighbors see him as a respectable, educated young man earning an income as a taxi driver, the reality is much more insidious.
Starring: Carlos Enrique Almirante, Enrique Molina, Isabel Santos, Vladimir Cruz
Director: Gerardo Chijona
Últimos Días en la Habana
Miguel and his friend with AIDS, Diego, dream of different futures in Havana. Miguel longs to move to New York, but his life on hold suddenly changes when the visa he's been waiting for arrives, forcing him to face a crucial decision.
Starring: Gabriela Ramos, Jorge Martínez, Patricio Wood, Yailene Sierra
Director: Fernando Pérez
Conducta
Aging teacher Carmela has a special heart for pupils from broken homes and is challenged by the headmaster to follow up 12 year old Chala which is infatuated in Yeni. They are both poor, and have severe home troubles.
Starring: Alina Rodríguez, Amaly Junco, Armando Miguel Gómez, Armando Valdés Freyre, Silvia Águila, Yuliet Cruz
Director: Ernesto Daranas Serrano
The King of Havana
Young Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, good humor and above all hunger, accompany him in his wanderings, until he meets Magda and Yunisleidy.
Starring: Chanel Terrero, Héctor Medina, Ileana Wilson, Jazz Vila, Maykol David Tortoló, Yordanka Ariosa
Director: Agustí Villaronga
The Companion
A Cuban boxing champion fails a doping test and is sentenced to accompany an HIV-positive patient on weekly trips outside the sanatorium.
Starring: Armando Miguel Gómez, Broselianda Hernández, Camila Arteche, Yotuel Romero
Director: Pavel Giroud
Contigo Pan y Cebolla
The purchase of a fridge (a huge investment then) is a pretext to show the joys and hardships of a traditional Cuban family in the 50s.
Starring: Alina Rodríguez, Edith Massola, Enrique Molina
Director: Juan Carlos Cremata
The Human Thing
A thief gets steals a famous writer's manuscript and enters it into a prestigious literary competition as his own.
Starring: Enrique Molina, Héctor Medina, Miriel Cejas, Vladimir Cruz
Director: Gerardo Chijona
The Foam of Days
Four friends have always been there for each other, but when one of them is released from prison their relationship is being tested across the bay from Old Havana.
Starring: Frank Egusquiza, Gastón Pauls, Hugo Reyes, Lieter Ledesma
Director: Fernando Timossi
