Viva
Viva
Overview
Jesús, a young hairdresser, works at a Havana nightclub for drag performers and dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama, Jesús finally gets his chance to take the stage. But when Angel, his estranged father recently released from a 15-year stint in prison, abruptly reenters his life, his world is quickly turned upside down. The macho Angel tries to squash his son’s ambition to perform in drag. Father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, struggling to understand one another and reconcile as a family. Shot in a gritty neighborhood far from the Havana most tourists know, Viva is a heartrending story of music, performance, and survival.
Cast
Héctor Medina
Jorge Perugorría
Luis Alberto García
Renata Maikel Machin Blanco
Luis Manuel Alvarez
Laura Aleman
Paula Ali
Jorge Martínez
Luis Angel Batista Bruzón
Luis Daniel Ventura Garbendia
Maikol Villa Puey
Oscar Ibarra Napoles
Jorge Perugorría
Libia Batista
Tomás Cao
Jorge Eduardo Acosta Ordonez
Mark O'Halloran
Rayma Pérez
Carlos Enrique Riverón Rodríguez
Niruka Castellón
Carlos Calero Díaz
Karla M. Venereo
Anyeli Constanten
Josie Breathnach
Crew
Paddy Breathnach
Mark O'Halloran
Benicio del Toro
Cathleen Dore
Claire McCaughley
Rebecca O'Flanagan
Robert Walpole
Cathal Watters
Paki Smith
Sofia Marques
Edwing Ramírez
Stephen Rennicks
