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Sons of Cuba (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
British Independent Film Awards
Malaga Spanish Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Andrew Lang

Written By:
Andrew Lang

Actors:
Yosvani Bonachea ..... Coach
Cristian Martinez ..... Child boxer
Santos Urguelles ..... Child boxer

Synopsis:

At the age of 28, Andrew Lang completed Sons of Cuba over a three-year production. The film received high praise for its even-handed depiction of contemporary Cuba. It also shows the uncertainty that followed in the wake of Castro's retirement from public office; forming an indelible time capsule of 21st Century Cuban society. Although inspired by Latin American cinema, Lang's use of the observational camera to show his subjects in their daily life deviated from the old-fashioned newsreel approach of his Cuban crew. His film approached his subjects as individuals and collaborators, as displayed in the film's interviews with the children, their family and the coach. This accounts for the special quality of Sons of Cuba. Despite being entirely in Spanish, the film remains an outsider's view of Cuba, attentive to the universal nature of life in a country that has often suffered on account of large-scale misperception and ignorance.

The Havana Boxing Academy is a Cuban boarding school that takes 9-year-old boys, and turns them into the best boxers in the world. SONS OF CUBA follows the stories of three young hopefuls through 8 dramatic months of training and schooling as they prepare for the biggest event of their lives so far: Cuba's National Boxing Championship for Under-12's. But during the season, crisis strikes: Fidel Castro is taken ill, and all of Cuba's Olympic boxing champions defect to the USA, leaving Cuba at a crossroads, and the boys contemplating a changing world.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 09 July, 2012.