Viva
Jesús, a young hairdresser, works at a Havana nightclub for drag performers and dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama, Jesús finally gets his chance to take the stage. But when Angel, his estranged father recently released from a 15-year stint in prison, abruptly reenters his life, his world is quickly turned upside down. The macho Angel tries to squash his son’s ambition to perform in drag. Father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, struggling to understand one another and reconcile as a family. Shot in a gritty neighborhood far from the Havana most tourists know, Viva is a heartrending story of music, performance, and survival.
Year: 2015
Genre: Drama
Studio: Treasure Entertainment, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉ, Windmill Lane Pictures, Island Films
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Cast: Héctor Medina, Jorge Perugorría, Luis Alberto García, Renata Maikel Machin Blanco, Luis Manuel Alvarez, Laura Aleman
Crew: Cathleen Dore (Producer), Paddy Breathnach (Director), Mark O'Halloran (Screenplay), Claire McCaughley (Co-Producer), Benicio del Toro (Executive Producer), Robert Walpole (Producer)
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