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Hotel Nueva Isla

Hotel Nueva Isla

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 12, 2014

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

62%

Original Title

Hotel Nueva Isla

Production Companies

Producciones de la 5ta Avenida, El Viaje Films

Director

Irene Gutiérrez Torres

Description

In the early twentieth century, the Hotel Nueva Isla was an emblematic luxury hotel. After the Cuban Revolution, it was confiscated by the State and became a shelter for homeless people. Located in Old Havana, today it is an imposing ruin. Jorge de los Rios, a retired clerk, is one of the few residents who remain there, along with La Flaca, his lover, and Waldo, a young itinerant. As the rest leave for safer places, Jorge clings to his dilapidated home and its buried treasures, slowly digging his way through its debris. The film speaks poignantly to a lost generation who fought in the Cuban Revolution and dreamed of a better society.