Guantanamera
During a funeral procession in Cuba, mourners and truck drivers engage in deep conversations, revealing unexpected connections between their contrasting lives. It is a satire about life in Cuba. The m…
Guantanamera
During a funeral procession in Cuba, mourners and truck drivers engage in deep conversations, revealing unexpected connections between their contrasting lives. It is a satire about life in Cuba. The members of a funeral procession and some truck drivers who need to take the same route begin to talk about God and the world and they end up discovering that life for both groups has many similarities and many differences, depending on the point of view. —Volker Boehm When Aunt Yoyita dies during a visit to Gina in Guantánamo, Gina, along with Yoyita's childhood sweetheart, the aging Cándido, must take the body to Havana. To their annoyance, Gina's overbearing husband Adolfo, a punctilious undertaker with political ambitions, takes charge of the journey. On the road they keep crossing paths with Mariano, a trucker who's a playboy with a woman at every way-station. He and Gina recognize each other: he was her student and wrote her of how much he loved her, then dropped out of school in embarrassment. Before they reach Havana, Gina realizes she can choose between Adolfo and Mariano: does Aunt Yoyita's life help Gina decide? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Guantanamera
Comedy,Drama
Film Details
During a funeral procession in Cuba, mourners and truck drivers engage in deep conversations, revealing unexpected connections between their contrasting lives. It is a satire about life in Cuba. The members of a funeral procession and some truck drivers who need to take the same route begin to talk about God and the world and they end up discovering that life for both groups has many similarities and many differences, depending on the point of view.
—Volker Boehm When Aunt Yoyita dies during a visit to Gina in Guantánamo, Gina, along with Yoyita's childhood sweetheart, the aging Cándido, must take the body to Havana. To their annoyance, Gina's overbearing husband Adolfo, a punctilious undertaker with political ambitions, takes charge of the journey. On the road they keep crossing paths with Mariano, a trucker who's a playboy with a woman at every way-station.
He and Gina recognize each other: he was her student and wrote her of how much he loved her, then dropped out of school in embarrassment. Before they reach Havana, Gina realizes she can choose between Adolfo and Mariano: does Aunt Yoyita's life help Gina decide? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>.