Without Havana

Without Havana (Spanish: Sin la Habana) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Kaveh Nabatian and released in 2020.[1]

Without Havana
FrenchSin la Habana
Directed byKaveh Nabatian
Written byKaveh Nabatian
Produced byGabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
Ménaïc Raoul
StarringYonah Acosta
Evelyn O’Farrill
Aki Yaghoubi
CinematographyJuan Pablo Ramírez
Edited bySophie Leblond
Music byKaveh Nabatian
Production
company
Voyelles Films
Distributed byMaison 4:3
Release date
  • October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) (FNC)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesSpanish
English
Persian

The film stars Yonah Acosta as Leonardo, a ballet dancer in Cuba who feels stifled and in need of emigration to another country to advance his career. He and his girlfriend Sara (Evelyn O’Farrill) devise a plan for the duo to get out of Cuba by having Leonardo seduce Nasim (Aki Yaghoubi), a tourist from Montreal, so that she will take him back to Canada with her and then he can send for Sara once he's settled in; however, both Leonardo and Sara are secretly also looking for ways to break off their relationship.[2]

The film premiered at the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma,[3] before going into commercial release in September 2021.[4] It was screened at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the juried award for Best Canadian Film.[5]

References
  1. "Four films streaming till Oct. 31 as part of Festival du Nouveau Cinéma". Cult MTL, October 22, 2020.
  2. Lorry Kikta, "Sin la Habana". Film Threat, March 8, 2021.
  3. T'cha Dunlevy, "49th Festival du nouveau cinéma screens the best films from a strange year". Montreal Gazette, October 1, 2020.
  4. André Duchesne, "Kaveh Nabatian : nous sommes tous des humains". La Presse, September 7, 2021.
  5. Steve Newton, "Vancouver International Film Fest announces award winners". The Georgia Straight, October 13, 2021.
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