Viva

Nov 8, 2015

1h 40m

★ 7.4

Find your voice

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Treasure Entertainment

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

RTÉ

Windmill Lane Pictures

Island Films

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Cast

Jesus

Héctor Medina

Angel

Jorge Perugorría

Mama

Luis Alberto García

Pamela

Renata Maikel Machin Blanco

Cindy

Luis Manuel Alvarez

Cecilia

Laura Aleman

Nita

Paula Ali

Celeste

Jorge Martínez

Don

Luis Angel Batista Bruzón

Kali

Luis Daniel Ventura Garbendia

William

Maikol Villa Puey

Javier

Oscar Ibarra Napoles

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