Viva
08/11/2015
Jesús, a young hairdresser, works at a Havana nightclub for drag performers and dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama, Jesús finally gets his chance to take the stage. But when Angel, his estranged father recently released from a 15-year stint in prison, abruptly reenters his life, his world is quickly turned upside down. The macho Angel tries to squash his son’s ambition to perform in drag. Father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, struggling to understand one another and reconcile as a family. Shot in a gritty neighborhood far from the Havana most tourists know, Viva is a heartrending story of music, performance, and survival.
Movie Information
Héctor Medina
as Jesus
Jorge Perugorría
as Angel
Luis Alberto García
as Mama
Renata Maikel Machin Blanco
as Pamela
Luis Manuel Alvarez
as Cindy
Paula Ali
as Nita
Jorge Martínez
as Celeste
Luis Angel Batista Bruzón
as Don
Luis Daniel Ventura Garbendia
as Kali
Maikol Villa Puey
as William
Oscar Ibarra Napoles
as Javier
Jorge Perugorría
as Ángel
Libia Batista
as Lazara
Tomás Cao
as Trainer Nestor
Jorge Eduardo Acosta Ordonez
as Lydia
Mark O'Halloran
as Ray
Rayma Pérez
as Hooker
Carlos Enrique Riverón Rodríguez
as Doctor
Niruka Castellón
as Older Nurse
Carlos Calero Díaz
as Tourist
Karla M. Venereo
as Doctor Karla
Anyeli Constanten
as Young Nurse
Josie Breathnach
as Bebita
Laura Aleman Satorre
as Cecilia
