Santa & Andrés

Name: Santa & Andrés
Genre: Drama
Released: November 10, 2017
Duration: 105 min
Cast: Cesar Domínguez, Ederlys Rodriguez Perez, Eduardo Martinez, George Abreu, Lola Amores

2017

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Breaking Glass Pictures | Release Date: November 10, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Cesar Domínguez, Ederlys Rodriguez Perez, Eduardo Martinez, George Abreu, Lola Amores, Luna Tinoco, Maikel Alexi Sánchez

Summary: In 1983 Andrés–a non-compliant gay writer–resides in the rural mountain region of Eastern Cuba, having been blacklisted by the government for “ideological problems.” After a major event occurs, the government decides someone reliable must be appointed to watch over him and make sure he does not make any political statements. Santa, aIn 1983 Andrés–a non-compliant gay writer–resides in the rural mountain region of Eastern Cuba, having been blacklisted by the government for “ideological problems.” After a major event occurs, the government decides someone reliable must be appointed to watch over him and make sure he does not make any political statements. Santa, a country girl who works on a farm, is assigned to the task. For three days in a row Santa will sit in front of Andrés’ hut and keep watch over him. Santa and Andrés are as close as it gets to being true opposites, and are not meant to like each other. However, they soon find that they have more things in common than they expected.… Expand

Director: Carlos Lechuga

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Monica Castillo

Nov 9, 2017

Santa & Andrés begins as a film about separation and pain, but becomes a movie about reconciliation and healing. Read full review

Serena Donadoni

Nov 8, 2017

With quiet precision, Lechuga (Melaza) charts Andrés’s resilience and Santa’s awakening, using a naturalistic visual style and sparse dialogue that reveals how these characters instinctively read between the lines. Read full review

Jonathan Holland

Nov 8, 2017

Offering a refreshingly low-key take on an idea that could too easily have become strident, noisy and melodramatic, the virtues of Carlos Lechuga’s second feature are the quiet, human ones, the script carefully and respectfully training its gaze on two unwilling outsiders struggling to live a life that the system has stolen from them. Read full review

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