Miami Premiere!
VERDE VERDE
Directed by Enrique Pineda Barnet / Cuba /2012 / 74mins.
Produced by the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Arts; ibermedia;
artex; malas compañías. With: Héctor Noas, Carlos Miguel Caballero
Farah María
A man desperately flees through a labyrinth in search of a way out.
During his escape, he runs into apparitions that block his passage. In a
port bar, Alfredo, merchant marine paramedic, meets Carlos, IT professional
with dreams of becoming a pilot. The traveler invites Carlos to his
hangar in the port...
Verde Verde is
only the second Cuban film (after the infamous Strawberry and Chocolate)
to take up the theme of homophobia in Cuba. Director Enrique Pineda
Barnet describes the film as a tragic psychological thriller, presenting the
age-old conflict of love versus hate, set in a timeless, universal location.
One of the fundamental messages of Verde Verde is the need to
confront extremism, prejudice and phobias that lead to the destruction of
society. From this perspective, Pineda Barnet exalts human values such as love,
honesty and authenticity. (In Spanish with English subtitles).
“Now that the campaign against homophobia in
Cuba is
fashionable, this is the right moment to bring to the surface so much contained
eagerness in showing the many green faces masked in fear to show how mature
they are.”-Dariela Aquique, HavanaTimes
The film will be followed with Q&A with
Actor Carlos Miguel Caballero (photo)
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