MADRID, Spain.- The film Vincent B, by Cuban director Carlos Lechuga, had its world premiere this weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
After thanking the production team and the film’s protagonist, Cuban actress Linnett Hernández, Lechuga asked freedom for all political prisoners in Cuba.
The filmmaker took the stage wearing a sweater with the image of the artist and political prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara.
The fictional feature film tells the story of Vicenta B, a 45-year-old black woman whose son leaves Cuba in search of a new life. She is alone in Havana, and she earns her living by reading her letters. Now that her son is gone, her predictions start to fail. Vicenta B loses faith and hides behind lies…
In this edition of TIFF, one of the film festivals with the highest public attendance worldwide, Vicenta B is part of the program of the Contemporary World Cinema section, along with six other films by Ibero-American filmmakers.
He is also director of Molasses Y Santa and Andrewcurrently based in Barcelona, has recently been denouncing repression and censorship on the island.
When announcing the premiere of the film this September 9 through Facebook, Carlos Lechuga referred to the situation in the country.
“Unfortunately, the situation in Cuba has us cut in half. There can be no celebration without thinking of the women and men who have donated the body. Cuban men and women who all they want is to have a better country. My support goes to the political prisoners, to the relatives who suffer, to the mothers,” express the filmmaker.
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