Mumbai, Dec 9, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) Malu is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background is coarse and commonplace. Jorgito's mother a poor socialist proud of her family's social standing, places similar restrictions on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malú and Jorgito, who promised to be friends for life even though their families detest each other. When the children learn that Malu's mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to travel to the other side of the island to find Malu's father, a lighthouse keeper and persuade him against signing the forms that would allow it.
Trivia
Viva Cuba (Spanish, 2005) Film Trailer
1. The original names of the child actors in the film are also used
as their respective character names, hence Malù is actually Malù Tarrau
Broche and Jorgito is actually Jorgito Milò Avila. The film script was
written keeping them in mind and many scenes were enacted by Malù &
Jorgito purely out of their imagination.
2. Viva Cuba was the first Cuban live-action feature film targeted specifically for children.
3. The film director Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti made this film with lots of help from his family:
a. His mother Iraida helped him direct the film
b. His brother Carlos helped him find Malú Tarrau and Jorgito Miló,
the 2 child actors: they both went to ‘La Colmenita’ (‘The Little
Beehive’), the children’s theatre company he owns.
c. His cousin Guillermo was the art director and his other cousin Amaury was the music director
d. His grandmother acted in the film, as Malú’s grandmother!
e. He himself acted as the Antique Car Driver
4. The movie indicates the strict Cuban migratory laws wherein,
according to Cuban laws, Cuban citizens are no longer recognized as the
same or allowed to return once they have permanently left the country.
5. Viva Cuba was first shown at a film festival in France in May 2005
in Cannes, and went on to win the ‘Grand Prix Écrans Juniors’. The jury
was a class of French school children from a primary school in Cannes!
They watched lots of films, and had to choose the one they liked best.
6. The film was nominated by Cuba for the Oscars Prix of the
Hollywood Academy in USA. The film further went to be selected in the 50
film candidates for the Oscar nomination of the Hollywood Academy.
7. Besides the grand slam award at Cannes and a being a box office
hit, the film also won awards in countries as diverse as Australia,
Italy, Guatemala, Germany, France, and Taiwan.
VIVA CUBA (2005)
Country: Cuba
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Duration: 80min
Genre: Children
Print type: Colour
DVD Price: `349/-
Producer: Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky
Awards:
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER
GRAND PRIX ECRANS JUNIORS AWARD 2005
OFFICIAL SELECTION
· TORONTO OFFICIAL FILM FESTIVAL
· LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
· SAN FRANCISCO FILM FESTIVAL
· MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
