Synopsis
In an empty room, a boy tells his brother about the time he ate a snake in the forests of West Africa. Seamlessly, the brother adds details to the story.
Yet it never actually happened. Together, the two brothers live in their own fantasy world. A little while later, they shoot Che Guevara’s traitor with play guns in a war game.
The national history of Cuba and the experiences of their father, who fought in Angola and was wounded in the war, merge into a story of loyalty and betrayal. This sparsely composed short film creates a stark contrast between the poverty of the two brothers’ living conditions and the wealth of their inner world.
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Credits
18 min
color
DCP
Spoken languages: Spanish
Director
Otávio Almeida
Otávio Almeida
Production
Otávio Almeida for Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión - EICTV
Otávio Almeida for Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión - EICTV
Executive producer
Otávio Almeida for Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión - EICTV
Otávio Almeida for Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión - EICTV
Screenplay
Otávio Almeida
Otávio Almeida
Cinematography
Amanda Cots Martínez
Amanda Cots Martínez
Editing
Alejandro Uzeda
Alejandro Uzeda
Sound
Marisol Cao Milán
Marisol Cao Milán
Sound Design
Marisol Cao Milán
Marisol Cao Milán
Screening copy
María Félix Morales Lotz for Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión - EICTV
María Félix Morales Lotz for Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión - EICTV
Stills
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