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Last Days in Havana (2016)

Last Days in Havana poster
Original title
Últimos días en La Habana
Directed by
Fernando Pérez
Genre
drama film
Country
Cuba, Spain
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In Havana, a cook dreams of leaving Cuba while his friend moves through daily routines. Their lives intersect against a backdrop of fading buildings and unfulfilled hopes.

slow-burnmelancholicintimategroundedreflectiveyearninglife-observational

What happens

Last Days in Havana (Spanish: Últimos días en La Habana) is a 2016 Cuban drama film directed and co-written by Fernando Pérez. It was screened in the Berlinale Special section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2017 it won the Havana Star Prize for Best Film (Fiction) at the 18th Havana Film Festival New York. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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