Suite Habana (2003)

Directed by

Fernando Pérez

Genre

documentary film

Country

Cuba

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Cuban documentary follows 13 real people from different walks of life over the course of a single day. It uses music and images instead of words to show their routines and experiences.

observationalpoeticquietcontemplativeemotionally resonantatmosphericslice of lifeslow pacednon-verbal

What happens

Suite Habana is a 2003 Cuban documentary directed and written by Fernando Pérez. The documentary was filmed with fictional cinema techniques depicting a day in a life of thirteen real people, from a ten-year-old child with Down syndrome to a 79-year-old lady who sells peanuts in the street. The film has no dialogue, using sound and image to evoke emotional effect. Several stories are juxtaposed to convey the plot points, an unusual approach in Cuban cinema, where spoken words are often used extensively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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