Writers : Leonardo Padura
Cast : Ana de Armas, Vladimir Cruz, Jorge Perugorria, Mirta Ibarra and Josh Hutcherson
Nationality : Cuba, France and Spain
Language : Spanish
Locations : Havana
Shooting Dates : March 4 to May 6, 2011
International Sales : Wild Bunch
First Release Date : Autumn 2011
7 days in Havana is a contemporary snapshot of this iconic and eclectic city, seen through a feature-length movie made up of 7 chapters directed by 7 international filmmakers.
Day 5 of 7 days in Havana : Ritual Directed by Gaspar Noé
Yamilslaidi, an attractive African-Cuban schoolgirl is forced by her parents to go into a cleaning ritual. They are determined to get their daughter rid of the "curse" she has been
put on: loving girls.
With : Othello Rensoli, Cristela Herrera, Dunia Matos
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"Benicio Del Toro, Laurent Cantet (”The Class”), Gaspar Noé (”Enter the Void”), Pablo Trapero (”Carancho”), Elia Suleiman, Julio Medem (”Sex And Lucia”) and Juan Carlos Tabio are each set to helm a segment of the forthcoming film. The ambitious undertaking will have recurring characters in each of the shorts and the script will be penned by Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura (he’ll co-write Medem’s and Tabio’s films with the helmers). The loose synopsis of the film will tell the story of the day-to-day life in Havana through the eyes of tourists visiting. But here’s a more comprehensive breakdown of what will feature in the shorts from Variety:
Del Toro will helm a sometimes fictionalized docu on a U.S. tourist’s first 24 hours in Cuba; Medem portrays a love triangle; Trapero tracks an actor who arrives in Havana to receive a prize; Suleiman has a foreigner, whom he will play, wandering through Havana, waiting for something to happen; Cantet chronicles a family’s offering to the ancient religion of Yoruba; Tabio looks at Cubans’ daily trials and joys; Noe follows an exorcism.
Morena Films, fidèle à sa stratégie de réaliser des films pour le marché international (lire l'info), s'associe à la société française Full House pour réaliser le film collectif Siete días en La Habana (litt. "sept jours à la Havane"), où sept cinéastes livreront leurs regards sur la capitale cubaine. Le film est produit par Álvaro Longoria et Didar Domehri pour un budget d'environ trois millions d'euros.