Santa & Andres

Santa & Andres

105 mins | Drama | Sept. 11, 2016

Santa, a peasant woman loyal to the Revolution, is sent to guard Andrés, a gay writer who is under house arrest, considered “ untrustworthy” for his ideas and sexuality by the Cuban authorities. Set in a small village in eastern Cuba during the early 1980s, this poignant political drama depicts an encounter between two deeply thoughtful souls on opposite sides of a profound cultural divide. Both have experienced deep loss, and both know the damaging effects of isolation and oppression. Even so, the cavernous ideological divide separating them — the same one that has separated Cuban friends and kin for over 50 years — has until now seemed insurmountable.

Santa & Andres

105 mins | Drama | Sept. 11, 2016

Santa & Andres
Santa, a peasant woman loyal to the Revolution, is sent to guard Andrés, a gay writer who is under house arrest, considered “ untrustworthy” for his ideas and sexuality by the Cuban authorities. Set in a small village in eastern Cuba during the early 1980s, this poignant political drama depicts an encounter between two deeply thoughtful souls on opposite sides of a profound cultural divide. Both have experienced deep loss, and both know the damaging effects of isolation and oppression. Even so, the cavernous ideological divide separating them — the same one that has separated Cuban friends and kin for over 50 years — has until now seemed insurmountable.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Producciones de la 5ta Avenida, Promenades Films, Igolai Producciones
Original title Santa y Andrés
Directors Carlos Lechuga
Writers Carlos Lechuga, Eliseo Altunaga

Cast

Lola Amores

as Santa

Eduardo Martinez

as Andrés

Luna Tinoco

as Isabel

George Abreu

as Jesus

César Domínguez

as El Mudo

Ederlys Rodríguez

as Enfermera

Maikel Alexi Sánchez

as Jefe de Sector