Directed by:
Paddy BreathnachScreenplay:
Mark O'HalloranCinematography:
Cathal WattersComposer:
Stephen RennicksPlots(1)
Jesus does make up for a troupe of drag queen singers in a bar in Havana. He dreams of being a drag queen singer himself one day. He asks his mentor and the bar owner, Mama for the opportunity, but when he finally gets his chance to be on stage, a stranger emerges from the crowd and punches him in the face. The stranger is his father, Angel, a former boxer, who has been absent from his life for 15 years. Furious about his son singing at the bar as a drag queen, Angel forbids Jesus from performing. Jesus unwillingly gives up what he has been dreaming of and has to find other way to make a living for him and his father. A father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, Viva becomes a touching love story as the men struggle to understand one another and become family again. (Busan International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Héctor Medina
Best movies:
Viva (2015)
Four Season in Havana: The Winds of Lent (2016)
Jorge Perugorría
Cuba
Best movies:
Strawberry and Chocolate (1993)
Guantanamera (1995)
The Waiting List (2000)
Luis Alberto Garcia
Best movies:
Viva (2015)
The Last Match (2013)
Che: Part One (2008)
Mark O'Halloran
Best movies:
Adam & Paul (2004)
Viva (2015)
The Guard (2011)
Tomás Cao
Best movies:
Habana Blues (2005)
Viva (2015)
Sergio and Sergei (2017)