Santa & Andres(2016)

Santa, a peasant woman loyal to the Revolution, is sent to guard Andrés, a gay writer who is under house arrest, considered “ untrustworthy” for his ideas and sexuality by the Cuban authorities. Set in a small village in eastern Cuba during the early 1980s, this poignant political drama depicts an encounter between two deeply thoughtful souls on opposite sides of a profound cultural divide. Both have experienced deep loss, and both know the damaging effects of isolation and oppression. Even so, the cavernous ideological divide separating them — the same one that has separated Cuban friends and kin for over 50 years — has until now seemed insurmountable.

Genre: Drama

Director: Carlos Lechuga

Actors: Lola Amores, Eduardo Martinez, Cesar Domínguez, Luna Tinoco, George Abreu, Ederlys Rodriguez Perez, Maikel Alexi Sánchez

Release date: 2016-09-11

Country of origin: Colombia, Cuba, France

Length: 1h 45m

Ratings:

• 6.8/10