The Waiting List (2000)

Original title

Lista de espera

Directed by

Juan Carlos Tabío

Genre

comedy film

Country

Cuba

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of travelers are stuck at a rundown bus station in Cuba. They decide to stop waiting and organize themselves into a small community with its own rules and jobs.

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What happens

The Waiting List (Spanish: Lista de espera) is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Juan Carlos Tabío. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. It is a co-production among companies from Spain, Cuba, France, and Mexico; including Tornasol Films, ICAIC, DMVB, Tabasco Films, Producciones Amaranta and Road Movies Fillm Produktionen. In the film, people waiting in a bus station start building a little society of their own. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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