Film description
Juan of the Dead
Direction: Alejandro Brugués.Countries: Cuba, Spain.
Year: 2011.
Genre: Fiction, Thriller.
Format: 35mm.
Duration: 100 min.
Cast
Producers: Gervacio Iglesias, Inti Herrera, Claudia Calviño. Cast: Alexis Días de Villegas, Eliecer Ramiréz, Jorge Molina, Andrea Duro, Andros Perrugoría, Jazz Vilá.
Synopsis
While Havana is filled with zombies thirsty for human flesh, official reports relate that dissidents paid by the United States are causing the disturbances. Panic is spread throughout the city until Juan the hero arrives to the rescue. When he realizes the only way to eliminate them is to destroy their brain, he decides to confront them and make money, assuming the slogan: “We kill your loved ones”.
Awards
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival . 2011.
- Leeds International Film Festival. United Kingdom, 2011.
- Toronto International Film Festival, 2011.
Director's Bio
Alejandro Brugués born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1976. He graduated from the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños in Cuba. He has written screenplays for several Cuban films and is a member of the Cuban independent film production company Producciones La 5ta Avenida. Additionally, Personal Belongings his first feature-length film was distributed worldwide with widespread success.
Screening schedule
| April, 20th at 8:00 PM | Replica watches |
HFFNY news
- The 13th annual Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) runs April 12-20 with more than 40 highly anticipated and influential films from and about Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinos in the U.S. including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and the U.S. More
- 19 films will be competing to receive the third Havana Star Prize for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, as <a href=http://www.clreplicas.co.uk/>Christian Louboutin outlet</a> well as the second Havana Star Prize for Best Documentary, which will be awarded on April 20th at the Closing Night ceremony. More
- Proud to pay tribute to those influential figures of the Latin American cinema, the festival honors Cuban actress Eslinda Nuñez. For more than 40 years, Eslinda has participated in some of the most important films made in Cuba. More
- HFFNY is also <a href=\"http://www.leseditionsdeminuit.fr/mulberry.php\">Mulberry</a> honoring one of the masters of the art of photography, <a href=\"http://www.louboutinusoutlet.com/\">Christian Louboutin outlet</a> cinematographer Raul Perez Ureta.
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