His wedding dress

His wedding dress


Original title: Vestido de novia
Production: ICAIC
Country: Cuba
Director: Marilyn Solaya
Script: Marilyn Solaya
Photography: Marilyn Solaya
Music: X Alfonso
Cast: Laura de la Uz; Luis Alberto García; Isabel Santos; Jorge Perugorría; Mario Guerra; Manuel Porto; Pancho García; Alina Rodríguez; Waldo Franco; Yipsia Torres; Omar Franco; Andros Perugorría
Year: 2014
Duration: 100
Genre: Drama
Color: Color
Original language: Spanish
Languages available: Spanish
Subtitles: English

Synopsis:

 In Havana in 1994, Rosa Elena - forty years old, nursing assistant and caretaker of her sick father, recently married to Ernesto, chief engineer of a Construction Brigade - dissatisfied with the life she is leading, returns to sing in the male choir where she worked before meeting her husband. When revealing a secret of this past, both are exposed to the structural violence of the hegemonic, macho and patriarchal context in which they live.


Awards:

Winner of the Audience Award for the Best Film, and a Special Mention for Best First Work in the Havana Film Festival 2014

Winner of the Audience Award at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival 2015: Best Latin American Film

Winner of 2 ACE Awards 2016: Best Film, and, Best Actress (Isabel Santos)

Winner of 4 Jury Prizes in the Santo Domingo OutFest 2015: Best Film, Best Script, Oustanding Performance (Laura De la Uz), Outstanding Performance (Luis Alberto García)

Nominated to a Goya Award 2016: Best Iberoamerican Film

Nominated to 2 Platino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema 2015: Best actress (Laura de la Uz), and Best First Work

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