In a culture where cremation is unusual, cemeteries fill up rapidly. In Latin America and in some other places, to solve the problem, remains are frequently exhumed. In Cuba, two year after interment. Relatives are invited to observe the little ritual. The music of the film is drawn from requiems from different periods. Twelve pieces by seven different composers are quoted. Together, they make up a traditional requiem, although only a few passages from the "dies irae" have been included, and other sections are slightly abbreviated.
Thomas Stenderup
Director
La Singular Historia de Juan sin Nada
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Cuba, A Paradise on the Brink
2017
AHORA SI LLEGO!
2015
Crossings
2023
Cuba, a People Armed
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The Voyage of the St. Louis
1995
Curtain of Water
2013
8A
1993
Looking for Fidel
2004
Fidel: The Untold Story
2001
Brothers in Exile
2014