Madrigal (15)
From the director of Havana Suite, an intense fable about the imagination as escape
Director: Fernando Pérez
Starring: Carlos Enrique Almirante, Luis Alberto García, Carla Sánchez
Cuba, 2007, 1 hour 52 minutes, subtitles
Fri 3 April 6.00pm - The Courtyard Hereford
A very stylised take on life in Cuba this is very different from Perez's last film, Havana Suite, but no less impressive both visually and emotionally. The handsome Javier, a wannabe writer and actor performs in a theatre group with his beautiful girlfriend Eva, but becomes fascinated by the god-fearing, ugly duckling Luisita who works in the local morgue. An intense fable about the imagination as escape, this has the sureness of touch, rich atmospherics and superb look that we have come to expect from Cuba's greatest living director.
English Premiere
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