Viva

Year: 2015
Country: Ireland, Cuba
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Cast: Héctor Medina, Jorge Perugorría, Luis Alberto García
Genre: drama
Runtime: 96 min.
Age: 18+

When everything is for sale, what's the value of love? Jesus does make up for a troupe of drag performers in Havana, but dreams of being a performer. When he finally gets his chance to be on stage, a stranger emerges from the crowd and punches him in the face. The stranger is his father Angel, a former boxer, who has been absent from his life for 15 years. As father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, Viva becomes a love story as the men struggle to understand one another and become a family again.

Awards & Festivals:

Palm Springs International Film Festival - participation
Sydney International Film Festival - participation
Guadalajara International Film Festival - partiipation