Synopsis
Emilio, a young out-of-work engineer, arrives at the bus station in a Cuban village. Dozens of people are waiting for a bus, or better yet, for the station manager to finish repairing the company bus that he started working on two days earlier. Jacqueline takes her place in the line, much to Emilio’s delight. A bus finally turns up, but there’s only room for one person. Tension mounts, developing into an argument about how to devise a fair way for one lucky person to get the seat. Should it go to the old lady at the head of the line or to the blind person who burst into the station? The crowd’s feelings of resignation and anger are palpable. Emilio, undaunted, suggests an alternative: if everyone pitches in, as a team, they could fix the bus themselves. A group comes together, and within it each person has a place, an identity, serves a purpose. Together they can deal with frustrations and share their dreams…
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Production and distribution (4)
- Co-productions : STUDIOCANAL, DMVB Films
- Foreign production companies : Tornasol Films, Producciones Amaranta, I.C.A.I.C. (Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematograficos)
- Film exports/foreign sales : Open Art Productions
- French distribution : Mars Distribution
Full credits (8)
- Foreign Producer : Gerardo Herrero
- Sound Recordist : Jorge Ruiz
- Screenwriters : Juan Carlos Tabío, Arturo Arango
- Co-producer : Thierry Forte
- Director of Photography : Hans Burmann
- Press Attachés (film) : Laurence Granec, Karine Ménard
- Editor : Carmen Frias
- Music Composer : José Maria Vitier
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : Spanish
- Coproducer countries : Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Germany, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Germany, France)
- Production year : 2000
- French release : 14/06/2000
- Runtime : 1 h 42 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 95.882
- Visa issue date : 04/05/2000
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
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About
You really think my film has a political angle? Well, what does any art do, if not try to change things? Here we tried to get people to think about issues dealing with reality and humanity. I attempted to show the way people function, based on Cuba’s reality.
Juan Carlos Tabio, director
