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Sergio Navarretta’s THE CUBAN is set to be released on VOD on October 6, 2020, following its July 31st virtual cinema release. The film was directed by Sergio Navarretta and stars Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr. (An Officer and a Gentleman, Watchmen), Academy Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog, The Expanse), Ana Golja (Full Out: The Ariana Berlin Movie, Degrassi), Emmy winner Lauren Holly (Dumb and Dumber, Tiny Pretty Things) and Giacomo Gianniotti (Grey’s Anatomy). The screenplay was written by Alessandra Piccione, and the film was produced by Piccione and Navarretta of S.N.A.P. Films Inc., alongside Golja and Taras Koltun. The Afro-Cuban score was composed by legendary Grammy-nominated and Juno winning Cuban-Canadian pianist Hilario Duran and produced by Roberto Occhipinti. The sound team was led by Oscar-nominated sound editor Neslon Ferreira (The Shape of Water). The film was shot in Brantford and Paris Ontario Canada, as well as Havana, Cuba.
THE CUBAN is a musical journey of love, friendship, and the power of the imagination. When a naïve pre-med student (Ana Golja) gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis (Louis Gossett Jr), an elderly Cuban musician, reignites her love of music and changes her life forever.
THE CUBAN received multiple awards on the festival circuit including the audience award for a feature narrative and the special programmers’ award at the 2020 Pan African Film Festival, as well as best cinematography at the 2019 Whistler Film Festival. Unfortunately, the film’s festival run was cut short due to COVID-19.
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