Suite Habana (2003)

Director:

Fernando Pérez

Writer:

Fernando Pérez (writer)

Release Date:

3 October 2003 (Spain)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Dawn breaks in La Habana, and as the day advances we follow the simple lives of ten ordinary Cubans, with only sounds and images accompanied by music. |

Plot Keywords:

Slice Of Life | Cuba | Traditional | Very Little Dialogue | City Name In Title

Awards:

19 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Heriberto Boroto	...	Himself
Iván Carbonell	...	Himself
Francisco Cardet	...	Himself
Francisquito Cardet	...	Himself
Julio Castro	...	Himself
Ernesto Díaz	...	Himself
Amanda Gautier	...	Herself
Waldo Morales	...	Himself
Raquel Nodal	...	Herself
Norma Pérez	...	Herself
Jorge Luis Roque	...	Himself
Juan Carlos Roque	...	Himself

Directed by
Fernando Pérez

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Fernando Pérez		writer

Produced by
Ana Laura Díaz	....	assistant producer
Ricardo Evole	....	associate producer
Francisco Nelson Mir	....	assistant producer
José María Morales	....	producer
Serafín Méndez	....	assistant producer
Camilo Vives	....	producer

Original Music by
Edesio Alejandro
Ernesto Cisneros

Cinematography by
Raúl Pérez Ureta		(as Raúl Perez Ureta)

Film Editing by
Pedro Oscar Pérez
Julia Yip

Production Management
Magaly González	....	production director: Cuba
Celina Morales	....	post-production manager
Miguel Morales	....	production director

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gloria María Cossío	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Jorge Chijona	....	sound editor
Jorge Chijona	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Javier Mosqueda	....	colorist

Camera and Electrical Department
Alexis Pedroso	....	assistant camera
William Sierra	....	lighting technician

Editorial Department
Liana Domínguez	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Edesio Alejandro	....	musicalization
Fernando Pérez	....	musicalization

Production Companies

• Wanda Visión S.A.
• Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC) (co-production)

Distributors

• Cinema Tropical (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Filmhouse (2004) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Kairos Filmverleih (Germany)
• Nirvana Films S.A. (2003) (Spain)
• Wanda Visión S.A. (worldwide)
• trigon-film (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD) (subtitled)

Also Known As:

"Havana Suite" - International (English title)
"Suíte Havana" - Brazil (festival title)
"Suite Habana" - Greece (festival title)

Runtime:

Spain:84 min | USA:80 min | Argentina:85 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

Cuba

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Spain:T | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Norway:A

Filming Locations:

La Habana, Cuba

Company:

Wanda Visión S.A.

Only for Cubans?

It only took to see the trailer for me to break in tears.

I don't know to what point the movie is selfish in a way that if you never had to live in Cuba, the film can be "just a bit plain" and nothing else, the film will unfold flat before your eyes. However for "the others" the ones "had to leave" but lived there, every shot, every image and every sound counts. The Lighthouse at "El Morro", the Malecon, those delicious Cafe con Leches in the morning and sandwiches at lunch (if lucky) can mean a whole different deal. It was hard to watch the airport lounges and the runway, and the guy getting on the plane. Also the part where you can see an old Silvio still singing "Mariposas" after so many years, Is tough for anyone to go back and think of those moments, or think of the people that we left behind.