CUBAN DANCER

By Roberto SALINAS

INDYCA - as PROD

Biography - Completed 2020

A passionate coming of age ballet tale, danced between Cuba and the U.S.A., in a time of change.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival del cinema di Roma 2020
Alice nella Città
Festival Internacional Cinema La Habana. 2020
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Biography, Art - Culture, Documentary
    • Countries
    • ITALY, CANADA, CHILE
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 94 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Roberto SALINAS
    • Writer(s)
    • Roberto SALINAS, Laura DOMINGO AGÜERO
    • Producer(s)
    • Simone CATANIA (INDYCA), Paul CADIEUX (FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL), Fernando LATASTE (Valdivia Film)
    • Synopsis
    • Alexis, a talented and proud student of the National Ballet School of Cuba, spends his life practicing chassé and entrechats with his girlfriend and dance partner Yelenia. However, when his family moves to Florida to be reunited with his sister, he must adjust his expectations and dreams to a radically new environment. Alexis, facing rejection and homesick for his native Cuba, feels lost and alone. He must find his way in the bourgeois and elitist world of American ballet while remaining faithful to his roots.