TRANSIT HAVANA

By Daniel ABMA

KARLOVY VARY INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2016

Presidents´s daughter Mariela Castro organizes support and treatment for Cuban transgender people. Is the socialist island changing into a queer paradise?
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    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • GERMANY, NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Daniel ABMA
    • Writer(s)
    • Alex BAKKER
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/D2C2-5E33-7667-56C4-ED01-0
    • Producer(s)
    • Stefan KLOOS (Kloos & Co. Medien), Iris LAMMERTSNA (Witfilm)
    • Synopsis
    • In Cuba, transsexuals Odette, Juani and Malú wait for genital surgery – performed by European top surgeons and organized by the president's daughter, Mariela Castro. Castro is leading a sexual revolution combined with classic state socialism. Is the socialist island changing into a queer paradise?