The King of Havana (1999)

Original title

El Rey de La Habana

Directed by

Agustí Villaronga

Genre

drama film

Country

Dominican Republic, Spain

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 75 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1990s Havana during a time of intense scarcity, a young man struggles to survive on the streets. He gets involved with a woman who offers him a place to stay.

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What happens

The King of Havana (Spanish: El rey de La Habana) is a 2015 Spanish-Dominican drama film directed by Agustí Villaronga which adapts Pedro Juan Gutiérrez's dirty realist novel El rey de La Habana. It stars Maykol David Tortolo, Yordanka Ariosa and Héctor Medina. It is set in the Cuban capital during the Special Period. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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