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In 1991, the former Soviet Union disintegrated before the astonishment of the world and Cuba entered the so-called Special Period, one of the worst economic crises that the country has crossed.
In the midst of this panorama, Sergio, amateur radio from Havana and professor of Marxism, he is forced to reorient his life. Meanwhile, Sergei, the last Soviet cosmonaut, is half forgotten in the damaged Mir Orbital Station.
Luckily, the two individuals will establish a communication that will help them cope with the terrible transformations taking place in their respective countries.
Ernesto Daranas, director of "Sergio y Serguei".
MDC Tower Theater Courtesy
This is Sergio and Sergei (2017), a film by Ernesto Daranas, who After his successful tour of several film festivals including Miami, he arrives at the Tower Theater on Ocho Street from Friday, July 27th.
"I am happy that the film is being marketed in Miami, a city so important to Cuban cinema," said Daranas at Havana's Nuevo Herald.
The filmmaker explained that the script was inspired by two real stories, which took place in the early 1990s, and that he and the co-author, Marta Daranas, turned into a single fiction .
He then added that the relationship between this work and The Broken Gods and Conduct the films that have increased its prestige both internally and at home. outside the island, is that "the three of them start from facts or real personages and each, in his way, approaches some of our social problems".
The plot describes the struggle for survival in a Cuba where, not to change, a servile spy appears to the regime
Parco in his responses, the 57-year-old filmmaker pointed out that, unlike the previous , The action of Sergio and Sergei takes place in the middle of the special period, a key moment in the history of Cuba
"It's a crucial moment for The goal was to make a distance shot that would show how our story was repeated, "said Daranas, without going into details, while stressing that the film is told" like a fable in which he do not miss humor or farce ".
"It was a stage in which many doors were closed.In the cinema, for example, although there were important works, the production fell to almost zero and many filmmakers of my generation had to emigrate, give up their dreams or wait more than a decade to shoot, "he recalls.
Segui y Sergei presents the performances of Tomás Cao , Héctor Noas and the special participation of the American actor Ron Perlman
70% of the filming took place in Cuba, while the scenes of the orbital station were filmed in the Mediapro studios in Barcelona. [19659018"ItwasafilmmadewithveryfewresourcesforthistypeofcinemaandthechallengessuchasweightlessnessweresolvedwiththeingenuityofCubanandCatalanspecialistsForexampleHéctorNoas(Sergei)workedallhischaracterhangingonastringsystemquitedifferentfromtheoneusedinotherfilmsofthisgenrebuthispreparationenabledhimtoovercometheshortcomingsasmuchaspossible"saidthedirectorafterpointingoutthattheprotagonistshavedoneaverycomplexjobbecauseamongotherchallengestheyhadtolearnRussianthelanguageinwhichthecharacterscommunicatethroughoutthevideo19659002] On the health of national cinema, Daranas baderted that the panorama has not changed much in the last decades.
"There are things that are repeated in comparison to the 1990s. D & # 39; On the one hand, there is a talented generation of graduates from art and film schools, but production is still very weak and this limits their options, as well as the artistic and thematic renovation of Cuban cinema. " he concluded.
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